Was perry masons car phone a rotary dial?

Answer 1

Perry Mason never had a car phone. They weren't invented yet when the books were written nor when the TV show was on the air. No one thought of such a thing as something we could have. By the way the first car phones were not rotary, but were buttons and the phone was in a bag. The entire bottom of the phone was a huge battery. I had one. --------------------------------------------------------------

Perry Mason himself might not have had a car phone but Paul Drake did. At least he was on his car phone in episode 226 "The Case of the Frustrated Folk Singer" (I just watched the episode).

http://www.perrymasontvseries.com/wiki/index.php/EpisodePages/Show226

Same thing with episode 201

http://www.perrymasontvseries.com/wiki/index.php/EpisodePages/Show201 Picture here - fourth one down: http://www.perrymasontvseries.com/wiki/index.php/Extras/Show201

Obviously someone did think of a car phone that far back

Answer 2

search The hist of rotary car phones. 1910 was the first car phone created by Lars Magnus Ericsson