Am Fm Cb??? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

keenee · 05-28-2007, 11:38 AM

I had an 83 chevy pickup with a am fm cb radio in it, I may still have the radio, if i look for it, how odd were these? any out there?

ElGracho · 05-28-2007, 11:46 AM

There are actually several different versions. They aren't too terribly rare, I'd say I find one about 1 in 10 times I go to the local wrecking yards. They are kinda cool but the usefulness of CB seems to have diminished with easily available handheld FM radios and the 70's and 80's radios were pretty crappy for radio reception too.

I have the version that is an analog tuner AM/FM with the CB. I've seen one with 8 track and CB and a digital tuner with 8 track with CB. I've seen brochure pictures of them with cassette players too.

Pyrotechnic · 05-28-2007, 02:46 PM

The only use of CB's I've seen these days is cowboys/rednecks mounting the dual big rig antennas on their truck beds to further enhance the redneck/cowboy look. Thats far from the optimal place to mount the antennas so it's obvious that they aren't to serious about the CB thing.

bigtruck81 · 05-29-2007, 10:33 PM

anybody out there that restores them? i've got one in my '77. while it may not be the best radio available, i'd like to keep the truck as original as possible when i restore it.

05-28-2007, 11:38 AM	#1
keenee Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Houston, Pennsylvania Posts: 231	Am Fm Cb??? I had an 83 chevy pickup with a am fm cb radio in it, I may still have the radio, if i look for it, how odd were these? any out there? __________________ '96 GMC Suburban 6.5t '99 F**d Windstar '07 SON '09 DAUGHTER XOXOXO Wife

05-28-2007, 11:46 AM	#2
ElGracho Gentleman Jim Driver Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 1,550	Re: Am Fm Cb??? There are actually several different versions. They aren't too terribly rare, I'd say I find one about 1 in 10 times I go to the local wrecking yards. They are kinda cool but the usefulness of CB seems to have diminished with easily available handheld FM radios and the 70's and 80's radios were pretty crappy for radio reception too. I have the version that is an analog tuner AM/FM with the CB. I've seen one with 8 track and CB and a digital tuner with 8 track with CB. I've seen brochure pictures of them with cassette players too. __________________ Joe '75 GMC Gentleman Jim '84 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super duper plain (manual steering, manual brakes, no dome light, no cig lighter) '85 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super plain Vortec 4.8 4L60E trans also: '81 K30, '83 C30 Crew Dually, '84 M1028 CUCV, '85 M1009 CUCV, another '85 C10 SWB, '89 R3500 Flatbed

05-28-2007, 02:46 PM	#3
Pyrotechnic Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 3,930	Re: Am Fm Cb??? The only use of CB's I've seen these days is cowboys/rednecks mounting the dual big rig antennas on their truck beds to further enhance the redneck/cowboy look. Thats far from the optimal place to mount the antennas so it's obvious that they aren't to serious about the CB thing.

05-29-2007, 10:33 PM	#4
bigtruck81 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: northern, in Posts: 350	Re: Am Fm Cb??? anybody out there that restores them? i've got one in my '77. while it may not be the best radio available, i'd like to keep the truck as original as possible when i restore it.



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