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[WØTKX]

Joo used too whack ppl, didnt you? :D

HA! No. This is a dead ringer for the car I had, except mine was dark blue with the cream white leather interior,
Built a center console out of a nice piece of redwood for the kickass stereo, so I could keep the stock Blaupunkt.

25+ MPG, did 130 mph easy... and it was very comfortable. Not so big on the outside, about the size of a Dodge Dart.

http://www.autotraderclassics.com/co...E-728362.xhtml

[KB3LAZ]

Nice looking car.

[WB2CAU]

Always liked the old Lafayette HE20/ RCA mark 7 , which were pretty much the same radio. Vintage 1960 or there about.

George, the HE-20A was manufactured for Lafayette by USL. There's a very good probability that the RCA pictured also was manufactured by USL for RCA. USL did considerable business private label manufacturing of CB radios for other brands. They marketed their own under the DeWald and USL brands.

[w2amr]

George, the HE-20A was manufactured for Lafayette by USL. There's a very good probability that the RCA pictured also was manufactured by USL for RCA. USL did considerable business private label manufacturing of CB radios for other brands. They marketed their own under the DeWald and USL brands.

That I didn't know. Hi Eric, good to see you, welcome aboard.

[N2NH]

Always liked the old Lafayette HE20/ RCA mark 7 , which were pretty much the same radio. Vintage 1960 or there about.

Love those old Lafayettes. That looks very similar to the HA-111 which I started with. It used a spot carrier to sync the receiver to the xmit xtal. Caused a lot of interference as the one I got was hitting 4 channels at one time. Good for 1960 but not so good for 1968. Had the Comstat 25A in a few weeks...

[KA9MOT]

The best CB I ever had was a Yaesu........ FT-101E with a FL-2100B and a D-104 Nite Eagle. I was the king of Channel 19.

[kb2crk]

Lafayette had a rig with two receivers and interchangeable tx/rx. Handy if you were having a conversation on Channel 5 while waiting for a friend to contact you on channel 32.

There were also the CB radios with built-in AM/FM Cassette stereos which were handy.

I was partial to Lafayettes, KnightKit/Allied and Midland myself, especially SSB units. Had a Realistic TRC-457 with all the bells and whistles. Overkill.

I have one of those, well most of one of those in my garage. It replaced My SBE trinidad in the house.

[NY3V]

The best CB I ever had was a Yaesu........ FT-101E with a FL-2100B and a D-104 Nite Eagle. I was the king of Channel 19.

What brand of rubber duckie antenna did you use? ;)

[N8YX]

The best CB I ever had was a Yaesu........ FT-101E with a FL-2100B and a D-104 Nite Eagle. I was the king of Channel 19.

That one's easy.

Try converting a U.S.-spec FT-901DM to the Majick Band. It isn't as simple as plugging a crystal into a socket.

Yes, they can be made RX-only on that or any other segment.

[KA9MOT]

That one's easy.

Try converting a U.S.-spec FT-901DM to the Majick Band. It isn't as simple as plugging a crystal into a socket.

Yes, they can be made RX-only on that or any other segment.

I didn't convert it..... Somebody else did. Hell, back in those days a Yaesu FT-101 was a complicated and mysterious thing.... It didn't have a channel selector and I kept looking at all of those switches knowing if I threw the right one I could talk to God himself! I did know enough to stay out of the Ham Bands though. The guy who sold it to me was very clear that if I strayed to places I didn't belong a Ham Radio Operator would come to my house with the FCC and together they would pummel me nearly to death and drag my bloody remains to jail. No Sir, that radio only transmitted on 27.185 and 27.385.