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Originally Posted by cherokeejohn
This thread just brought a smile to my face, I was thinking I was the only one left out there in CB land. The CB radio still has it uses for things. As stated above at Bonneville, also Off Roading, Boating, Swamp buggies, Backwoods/Basecamp coms.,Even Air to bush supply drops. They are overlooked mostly in todays electronics world. But they are still available, and with free airtime, Also stated above about "SKIP" radio and sidebands, I have a hopped up old Galaxy with them, its been shelved for years but I used to talk all over the country and some over oceans with that radio, add a little Linear heat from top a big hill and the air waves would take you world wide at times I have a Cobra 29LTDW now. I'm an avid outdoors-man so weather comes in handy now and then. I had it peaked, and tuned back in the late 90's and it still works great to this day. I never power it by 12volt "socket", hard wired to + terminal of the battery and a sufficient ground also under the hood compartment. I used a HD inline fuse, that has a power kill switch also. For my antenna, I have to say, I love my Wilson's. I have a magnet mount 1000 on my 72, but have a "Lil Wil" mag mount for other Vehicles,ATV's, Boats, etc... There are alott of aftermarket gadgets, doo-dads, decals, noise toys, all over flEbay for the 29. The magnet mount antenna are great as you can place them anywhere metal, for paint protection, Just put a scrap of silk between the mount and the surface. all the Wilson antenna's are very easy to set SWR's by a pair of set screws at the base of the stainless whip. "FWIW" on all my vehicles, toys i also use a simple Red/Black quick 12 volt disconnect and have the same end pre wired/installed, and several mounting brackets for the Cobra 29 so I can just swap the radio and the antenna if needed from one ride to the next. If I Buy another one, It will be this one. IMO i think it still has a Nostalgic look to it, and the night colors go good with the factory gauges in our trucks.
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Interesting post cherokeejohn, thanks for sharing. It highlights the need for a 'hop up your CB' thread (or this thread could become that in addition to what it already is if OP is good with that - CG, I don't want to hijack - this is an awesome thread already, so maybe this idea would be good to start anew - over to you my friend). I recall the 70's & 80's out of the box CBs were nice, but to make one really effective (and extend the range), it took some work and a little money. Would be great to have a thread that outlines what was available then/now, and how, for CB upgrades. Antenna rundown also.
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Originally Posted by paulspickupparts
Got this one from a neighbor . Not real sure of application. He said it was from a 70's Chevy pickup. Kind of cool with 8 track AM FM and Cb all in one.
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That's a square radio Paul - I really like them also. Difficult to fit in a 67-72 without dash mods that you may find difficult to make work with the 67-72 dash indent for the stock radio that is really sized to be proportional to and wrap the face of a 67-72 radio. I wish they were a direct fit, that would sure be nice wouldn't it? If you EVER think you might buy a squarebody, I'd get that thing working and horde it away. I never thought I'd buy a square - but then I changed my mind
I'd be curious to see if anyone else has successfully integrated a square radio into a 67-72 and how they did it, etc. We really never see these in 67-72's, and if it were an easy swap, I bet thousands of folks would've done it in the 70s and 80s.