I subscribe to the puzzler.
New puzzler about Bill Lear, I guessed correctly, I won’t give away the answer, so no spoiler alert. But, they did provide the wrong decade, should be sixties.
I recall the Bill Lear puzzler from before. It’s definitely a good one. From among the recent Best of Car Talk podcasts, I enjoyed “the tricky king” puzzler the most.
The one about the mystery fuse was pretty good too. I doubt I’d have ever figured that one out.
What was the puzzler? What man made jet airplanes and sporty car seats?
And lets not forget the 8 track tape.
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Bill Lear did 8 tracks? The guy had a wide ranging set of skills!
He invented it along with a team from Ampex.
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And, Earl “madman” Muntz invented the 4 track predecessor of the 8 track.
You missed me saying I wasn’t going to provide the answer, but yes, 8 track tapes.
That’s why I said wrong decade, designed in 1964. A friend, in ‘66, went to a local store that sold&installed players, bartered his labor installing the players for one day in exchange for a free player.
However, we will have to wait until next week for their answer.
Reminds me, 1970’s, one of my high school friends purchased a vw bug for his firsrt car, and proud as punch about it, the first “improvment”, he installed a 4-track. I suggested he should assess the ability to purchase 4-track tapes of his favorite bands first, b/c I had heard they were in short supply, most studios offering only 8-tracks. He of course ignored me & went ahead with this idea anyway, then later bemoaned to anybody who would listen that while the 4-track was actually better format , he couldn’t find the tapes he wanted in 4 track … lol … I didn’t envy his 4 track, but I did envy his cool VW.