The 33 1/3 second mystery #21

[kazoo]

While we anxiously await the solution to Fimble's basement water in #20, here is another conundrum:

You couldn't buy one before 1915.

You couldn't buy a powered one before 1939.

You couldn't buy one at all after the late 1960's in the US unless it was imported.

Now most major manufacturers sell them.

What is it?

[redarrow]

Cars

[ChickenNinja]

It's not cars, there were domestic cars made in the late 60's. It's something else. . .

[Bossnass]

edit...

nope, that guess doesn't make anysense, so I had to edit myself.

[Lokus]

Phonograph/record player?

[cait987]

Hmm, crazy guess but the radio? They use radio frequency but wasnt till late 30s that they became electric powered (ex plugins like a walkman)?

[kazoo]

No to all, but one answer has an edge.

[dxa1]

razors

[shakran]

Originally posted by cait987
Hmm, crazy guess but the radio? They use radio frequency but wasnt till late 30s that they became electric powered (ex plugins like a walkman)?

I just had to ask. . What radio does not run on electricity?


My guess is a convertible. Before 1915 cars were either open or closed, not convertible. Peugeot motorized them in '39. In the 70's you were pretty much limited to euro-imports for convertibles (bug, etc)

[ChickenNinja]

You've got to wonder though, they still sold older models in the late 60's, and you could buy used. . . (nitpick)

[kazoo]

Well done, shakran. A few points of order, though. The 1939 Plymouth Coupe could be had with a powered top, also. Not a bad deal for $900, wouldn't you agree?

Although some will argue the point, a crystal radio is independent of a power source, e.g. battery.

You win a convertible bunny.

[shakran]

If you allow yourself to forget about inflation you can get pretty sick looking at 1930's car prices. Dusenbergs could be had for what a minivan costs today

[stingc]

Um, US-made convertibles were available in the late 60's. They didn't leave until 1976.