'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Yes, come party any time! This one has been a treat. By no means am I an expert. Only worked on a few. They were very expensive and therefore had to earn their keep. As a result, theyre often flogged to death, full of nicotine and worn out. This thing is just excellent. 1960-ish.
Its fascinating. Large box, perhaps 10? x 3? x 2? constitutes a 160 bit memory, one bit for each side of 80 45?s. Button presses magnetically latch a tiny toroidal coil. Tube amplifier scans each bit, detects which is latched, at the same time unlatching, tripping and playing record.