Now, now, that was a fun movie and you would all be singing high praise if there had been a MB Diesel in the convoy...
Pig Pen has your front door, Good Buddy...

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Joe

1998 E300D turbo 240K + Miles
2000 Dodge Dakota 122K + Miles
1992 Mazda Miata Autocross Machine 143K + Miles
http://www.renegademiata.net

Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains. - Winston Churchill

guys,

my other passion is off roading, expedition-ing, camping, etc. one of the more popular cb units is the Cobra 75WX which is a self contained, handheld cb unit. the speaker is in the handheld itsefl: it's great b/c you dont have to find a place to mount it on your dash. it can unplug and stash it in your glovebox or some other place while not in use.



the only disadvantage is that it does not have an external speaker option. a smaller cobra unit, the model 19, can be installed in place of your ashtray. many of my 4runner/tacoma driving friends have cut out the back of the ashtray part of their dash to allow it to fit rearwards into it.

but you guys need to keep in mind that a cb is only as good as your antenna and where that antenna is located. the best spot is smack dab in the middle of your roof. whip antennas on a magnetic mount are probably your best bet. wilson makes good ones.

as we go on trips across the desert, the guys who have the whip antenna combination can be heard best and can transmit/recieve farther than guys like myself who have mounted antennas in other locations.

i have a writeup on my 4runner-related website: www.4runners.org/writeups/cobra

I like to wear my leisure suit and sit on my shag carpet while talking on my CB

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Chris

85 300 TD Wagon
51 Chevy 3100 Pick up
81 John Deere 2350 - The Workhorse
45 IH Farmall "A"
02 RM250

I ought to go look to see if my wife every threw out my last leisure suit...... JOKING!!!! No, I don't still have one. But in the best CB voice I can muster up:




Breaker, BREAKER 8!!! *Channel 8 was our local channel*

other voice: Go ahead Breaker.

How about it Big Foot, you on here?

*silence*

Thanks for the Break.....Alligator with a BIG MOUTH and little ears is over and out.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

This is a great idea! I've seen these at truck stops while on the road and the larger base unit will fit under the seat. There is even a remote speaker option you can velcro to your headrest for better listening!

I'm partial to the ham 2-meter band. I've got a 2-meter rig mounted under the passenger side dash. Ran the coax under the carpet in one of the wire channels, under the rear seat, and through to the trunk for a trunk lip mount 5/8 wave antenna. Works great...my radio is a 45-watt ex-police Motorola Spectra. Motorola commercial radios can't be beat for their receiver quality. Loads less garbage on the ham bands since bad behavior and language is not tolerated by other hams or the FCC. And you can get a whole lot farther than a few miles on any power needed up to 1500 watts.

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Dale

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1990 300D 2.5 Turbo -155k
2000 E430 - 103k
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ecodiesel 4x4 - 11k
2014 VW Passat TDI SE - 7k Bro's Diesel
2006 E320 CDI - 128k Pop's Benz

Pre-glow - A moment of silence in honor of Rudolph Diesel

Here's a shot of mine. Used to use it a lot when the 240D was my main means of transportation. Now I'm lucky if I put 1,000 miles on it a year.

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Len
'59 220S Cabriolet-SOLD and living happily in Malta
'83 240D 351,500 miles original owner-SOLD
'88 560SL 41,000 miles - totaled and parted out
https://sites.google.com/site/mercedesstuff/home
'99 E300 turbo 227,500 miles
'03 SLK320 40,000 miles - gave to my daughter
'14 Smart electric coupe 28,500 miles
'14 Smart electric cabriolet 28,500 miles
'15 Smart electric coupe 28,000 miles

Yep, thats exactly where I've permanently mounted my galaxy 66.... And spaekin of CB Radios - I've got an extra one for sale. How does $37.50 that includes postage sound???




It looks like this, except has push button digital tuning instaed of dial. Y'all can read about it here: http://support.radioshack.com/support_electronics/60345.htm

What I'd call a decent beginner's radio with tight features. Has original box with mounting hardware, bought 6 months ago in Nevada for driving newly purchased 300SD back cross country after leavin my souped-up galaxy at home in the 240D - so hardly been used.

(edit: And Hell Yeah these things are better than radar detectors on the road because ye hear about ALL police cars on the road, not just isolated radar traps. This radio saved my ass in Denver.