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Old 02-26-2018, 03:00 AM   #144
'68OrangeSunshine
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Re: Anyone running CB's in their truck these days?

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Originally Posted by MrBeast View Post
Back in the day they didn't build these to be mounted in the dash, but under it, or many got mounted to the roof as well.
I mounted all my rigs under the dash, center. The screws for the heater control unit were perfect for the transceiver U-bracket. Sometimes slightly longer bolts were necessary [1/4-20 iirc].
In my '67 Suburban, I had a Johnson Messenger 4175 in that position. It was wide enough to serve as a shelf for a police scanner, and on top of that had a flat space for one of those 'Mercury capsule' type coffee cups. I had a 2 hole Alpine cassette receiver, AM/FM in the normal dash position. External 2-way speaker in the ceiling above the rearview mirror.

What I meant was all that retro Panasonic gear would take up a lot of room in the cab.
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