As has been suggested, find a radio you want (try RT-66, RT-67, RT-68 cheap) for parts, gut the inside, install your CB radio and discreetly run the microphone and antenna out the back of the RT case. _________________ 1952 M38A1 SOLD
Looking for another complete M38A1
well, all the radios I would want are around $1,000 on the internet. There are quite a few jeep and antique car shows near me. Anybody have any luck at these?
I picked up a pair of PRC-6s (banana shaped walkie talkie from about 1951) along with a bunch of field telephones and an RT-70 at a recent hamfest but the OLD radios are very difficult to find any more. ESPECIALLY ones that haven't been bubba-fied! Batteries haven't been made for many of them in probably 40 years. I had to built battery packs for the PRC-6s out of stacks of 9 volt, AAAs and C cells. It took about 20 different batteries to make one PRC-6 battery!
These aren't like CBs where everything is in a single unit, there a lot of different bits and pieces and many of them are unique to that set and it takes a LOT of work to assemble a complete set and a lot more work to make it functional! A FULL radio set including the mounting plates, transmitter, receiver, amplifier, antennas, antenna mount, power supplies and all the special interconnecting cables typically does run close to $1000! Individual military connectors frequently cost nearly $100 each! WHEN you can find them!
FWIW I'm currently trying to collect enough bits and pieces to built an ART-13 and ARC-27 for my radio jeep.
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I got a working R68 radio, with the powerpack, speaker and headphones, the vehicle mount, and antennae. I'll install it all when I get back from my trip to Belgium in two days. _________________ 1952 M38A1
Marine core reinforced rear bumper, military transistorized turn signal upgrade, arctic heater, 11" drum brakes, 200L PTO winch, Huffy overdrive, deep water fording kit, RT 68 vehicle mounted radio, Trac Locs front and rear.
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