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CG · 01-09-2018, 12:53 AM

I was up at Livrats a couple of weekends ago picking up couple hundred pounds of nuts and bolts and he gave me a CB ... So now I'm set when the day comes =)

yuccales · 01-09-2018, 08:57 AM

Royce AM/FM/CB. It does work, but don't get out to far.

weq92f · 01-09-2018, 05:55 PM

I ran one of these in the late 80s:

ChainGang · 01-09-2018, 09:20 PM

Here's my setup from the 70s.

CG · 01-09-2018, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ChainGang

Here's my setup from the 70s.

That is a very nice looking truck ...

yuccales · 01-09-2018, 11:19 PM

ChainGang, Great looking rig!

**jocko** · 01-10-2018, 12:10 AM

Great thread. Had two trucks, and therefore, 2 CBs I planned to install. Sold one (truck) so now I have to choose which one for the K20. Plan to run a GM am/fm/cb splitter with the factory am/fm. I'm sure it will probably be underpowered and work like crap, but it'll make me feel like Kris Kristofferson in a big Black Mack! (surely someone remembers that movie...)

el_fantasma · 01-10-2018, 12:14 AM

Here ya go

**jocko** · 01-10-2018, 12:28 AM

Close.... but no cigar! The one and only hint: "in a chartreuse micro-bus..."

RANDY COX · 01-11-2018, 07:52 PM

CONVOY This here is the Rubber Duck...

**70cst** · 01-12-2018, 05:43 PM

Just picked up this set of NOS Avanti Fazer CB Antennas.

Triplel40 · 01-12-2018, 05:46 PM

We use CB's all the time but mainly four wheeling. In my '88 K2500 I've got a Cobra 29 with a loaded stainless whip mounted to the headache rack. My '80 Chevy LUV has a little Uniden 510 PRO with dual 102" stainless whips mounted to the rear of the bed. My '68 C60 has a Cobra 29 and short firesticks mounted to the mirrors.

**70cst** · 01-14-2018, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Triplel40

We use CB's all the time but mainly four wheeling. In my '88 K2500 I've got a Cobra 29 with a loaded stainless whip mounted to the headache rack. My '80 Chevy LUV has a little Uniden 510 PRO with dual 102" stainless whips mounted to the rear of the bed. My '68 C60 has a Cobra 29 and short firesticks mounted to the mirrors.

The 102" stainless whips are about as good as one can get for an antenna ...

**jocko** · 01-14-2018, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by RANDY COX

CONVOY This here is the Rubber Duck...

Bingo

**Ironangel** · 01-14-2018, 08:15 AM

Excellent thread! My daily driver still has the little chrome microphone holder screwed to the dash...I just didn't have the heart to remove it to leave a couple of open screw holes...This thread has made me think that that I need to hang a microphone on it just for conversation purposes. The grand kids all asked, "whats that for grandpa?" lol..."Well before cell phones, long ago and not so far away, we used CB radios to talk to one another"...

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 01-14-2018, 02:15 PM

Ironangel: I never deleted my Mic Clip either. Finally, last year, I thought, "Why not put the CB back in?'' So now ''I got my ears on'' again. Still working on a full wave mast/whip, just using a mag stub mount for the present.

**Ironangel** · 01-14-2018, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

Ironangel: I never deleted my Mic Clip either. Finally, last year, I thought, "Why not put the CB back in?'' So now ''I got my ears on'' again. Still working on a full wave mast/whip, just using a mag stub mount for the present.

That's a big 10-4 Orange Sunshine! Did you see that Ochre Chevy Chain Gangs got?...Dudes runnin an 8-track in there! How cool is that, come on?

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 01-14-2018, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 70cst

Just picked up this set of NOS Avanti Fazer CB Antennas.

Now that's a fancy pair of Rabbit Ears. Avanti was high-end stuff as I recall.
I got a pair of Twin Truckers [at a truck stop, of course]. Don't have enough exposed mirror support tubing on my '71 Jimmy, as the PO put on Squarebody TV-style rearview mirrors, but I'll think of something.
There used to be a Ham trick, of splicing a variable capacitor into one side and making the co-phased array into a variable sweep array. [So you could 'point' the beam in a certain direction by tuning the capacitor's dial.] I don't know enough about advanced radio theory to do it myself. I'm looking for an old-timer who still remembers that trick.

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 01-14-2018, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Ironangel

That's a big 10-4 Orange Sunshine! Did you see that Ochre Chevy Chain Gangs got?...Dudes runnin an 8-track in there! How cool is that, come on?

Ten-Roger, Ironangel. What I most liked about ChainGang's rig was his never-ending chain of beer can poptop tabs, You just can't get those anymore.
I prefer Cassettes to 8-tracks for ''audiophile'' reasons, but the historical significance of that artifact is not lost on me.
Over

ChainGang · 01-15-2018, 01:36 AM

A few of us had curtains in the back window before tinted windows.

Don Quixote · 01-15-2018, 08:35 PM

When I came off the road in 2009 to rejoin the army, I didn't know what to do with my early 90s Cobra 29 so I threw it in the little truck with a couple Francis Sticks. That old radio works well enough and it's peaked and tweaked but it's been many years since I've known for sure what channel I'm on but hey, I got echo and talkback.

CastIron · 01-18-2018, 01:23 AM

I'm still deciding what antenna to get for mine. I think a stainless whip would look better than fiberglass, but I don't know where I'd mount it yet. I'd prefer to not drill anywhere that would be visible if I took the mount back off. Any ideas? Let's see some antenna mounts!

**70cst** · 01-18-2018, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by CastIron

I'm still deciding what antenna to get for mine. I think a stainless whip would look better than fiberglass, but I don't know where I'd mount it yet. I'd prefer to not drill anywhere that would be visible if I took the mount back off. Any ideas? Let's see some antenna mounts!

I will be going with a mirror mount ...

Also have some old NOS Hump/Tunnel mounts for CB's. I will be using that for my radio and amp.

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 01-18-2018, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by CastIron

I'm still deciding what antenna to get for mine. I think a stainless whip would look better than fiberglass, but I don't know where I'd mount it yet. I'd prefer to not drill anywhere that would be visible if I took the mount back off. Any ideas? Let's see some antenna mounts!

Bumper mount. Big M3AD spring.

Hubscrub · 01-19-2018, 03:26 PM

I was cleaning out the closest since the I got kicked out of the 3rd bedroom our 7 month old is moving more in lol. But I found this cb I bought it at the flea market with a couple others (there somewhere this the niceest) for $5 each. Decided to test fit it in my 71, tested it, and it works! Manufactured Sep. 75, might need to look for a vintage looking antenna if I use it.

01-09-2018, 12:53 AM	#26
CG BlahBlahBlah Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wa. Posts: 20,019	Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days? I was up at Livrats a couple of weekends ago picking up couple hundred pounds of nuts and bolts and he gave me a CB ... So now I'm set when the day comes =) __________________ … … … … … … … … ... … … … … … … … … … … …

01-09-2018, 08:57 AM	#27
yuccales Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Northern Calif. Posts: 3,770	Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days? Royce AM/FM/CB. It does work, but don't get out to far. Attached Images

01-09-2018, 05:55 PM	#28
weq92f Registered User Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Dallas Texas Posts: 3,218	Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days? I ran one of these in the late 80s: Attached Images __________________ 67 C10 fleet fuel injected '70 402, 700r4, 3.73 posi 07 335 sport turbo 6sp 94 Trans Am GT LT1 6sp posi -- sold after 22yrs 99 540 sport V8 6sp -- sold 73 240z L24 4sp -- given to friend 68 C10 step 350/350 3.73 open -- sold

01-09-2018, 09:20 PM	#29
ChainGang Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Weatherford okla Posts: 32	Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days? Here's my setup from the 70s. Attached Images

01-09-2018, 11:19 PM	#31
yuccales Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Northern Calif. Posts: 3,770	Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days? ChainGang, Great looking rig!

01-10-2018, 12:10 AM	#32
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,975	Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days? Great thread. Had two trucks, and therefore, 2 CBs I planned to install. Sold one (truck) so now I have to choose which one for the K20. Plan to run a GM am/fm/cb splitter with the factory am/fm. I'm sure it will probably be underpowered and work like crap, but it'll make me feel like Kris Kristofferson in a big Black Mack! (surely someone remembers that movie...) Attached Images

01-10-2018, 12:14 AM	#33
el_fantasma Registered User Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Redwood City CA Posts: 566	Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days? Here ya go Attached Images __________________ 72 White Cheyenne, The Ghost

01-10-2018, 12:28 AM	#34
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,975	Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days? Close.... but no cigar! The one and only hint: "in a chartreuse micro-bus..." Attached Images Last edited by jocko; 01-10-2018 at 12:36 AM.

01-11-2018, 07:52 PM	#35
RANDY COX Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: RADFORD, VA Posts: 2,651	Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days? CONVOY This here is the Rubber Duck... __________________ 1964 BBC 402 4x4

01-12-2018, 05:43 PM	#36
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01-12-2018, 05:46 PM	#37
Triplel40 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Parma, ID Posts: 5	Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days? We use CB's all the time but mainly four wheeling. In my '88 K2500 I've got a Cobra 29 with a loaded stainless whip mounted to the headache rack. My '80 Chevy LUV has a little Uniden 510 PRO with dual 102" stainless whips mounted to the rear of the bed. My '68 C60 has a Cobra 29 and short firesticks mounted to the mirrors. __________________ Lance '88 RCLB K1500 Scottsdale Original 305/5spd 325xxx miles.(Build Thread) '56 Studebaker C-Cab Pickup 259 V8/4spd (Build Thread) '80 Chevy Luv 4x4 (Build Thread) '68 Chevy C60 366/5+2 Dump Bed

01-14-2018, 08:15 AM	#40
Ironangel Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Falls City, Nebraska "100 Miles From Nowhere" Posts: 2,219	Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days? Excellent thread! My daily driver still has the little chrome microphone holder screwed to the dash...I just didn't have the heart to remove it to leave a couple of open screw holes...This thread has made me think that that I need to hang a microphone on it just for conversation purposes. The grand kids all asked, "whats that for grandpa?" lol..."Well before cell phones, long ago and not so far away, we used CB radios to talk to one another"... __________________ Michael of the clan Hill, "Two Seventy Two's" 71 1-ton Dually 350 4-Speed 71 C/50 Grain Truck, 350 Split-Axle 4-Speed 02 3/4 ton Express 14 Indian Chief Vintage 1952 Ford 8N, "Only Ford Allowed On The Property" "Be American, Buy American"

01-14-2018, 02:15 PM	#41
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,504	Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days? Ironangel: I never deleted my Mic Clip either. Finally, last year, I thought, "Why not put the CB back in?'' So now ''I got my ears on'' again. Still working on a full wave mast/whip, just using a mag stub mount for the present. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not.

01-15-2018, 01:36 AM	#45
ChainGang Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Weatherford okla Posts: 32	Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days? A few of us had curtains in the back window before tinted windows. Attached Images

01-15-2018, 08:35 PM	#46
Don Quixote Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Woodlawn, TN Posts: 275	Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days? When I came off the road in 2009 to rejoin the army, I didn't know what to do with my early 90s Cobra 29 so I threw it in the little truck with a couple Francis Sticks. That old radio works well enough and it's peaked and tweaked but it's been many years since I've known for sure what channel I'm on but hey, I got echo and talkback. Attached Images __________________ Rocinante: 1972 GMC C25, 292, SM465, 14 bolt, power nothing, 440k and still handles my PCS moves Jorge: Kia Roller-skate with lots of buttons for the wife Wovoka: 2017 Indian Chief Vintage, better on gas but not much So far, this is the oldest I've ever been.



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01-18-2018, 01:23 AM	#47
CastIron Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: Oregon Posts: 329	Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days? I'm still deciding what antenna to get for mine. I think a stainless whip would look better than fiberglass, but I don't know where I'd mount it yet. I'd prefer to not drill anywhere that would be visible if I took the mount back off. Any ideas? Let's see some antenna mounts!

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