Another job well done Mike.Squelch the skip out and they also make great intercoms between house/shop/barn/tractor/truck etc. And in a lot of rural areas cell reception is awful.
There's lots of ways to polish plastic but I prefer the headlight polishing kits. Not only do they polish but the good ones also have protective polymers in the mix to protect the plastic against UV light.
Man that oldie turned out nice! I have about 35 or 40 old radios I need to repair and restore. I love those old ones. Maybe I send them all to you to fix :pJust not enough time here to do it. Keep up the great work Mike.
Mike you nailed it, it looks great! I lost my step dad a couple of years ago, then found this in a box in the garage that my son packed back in the early 90's. I hooked it to power and meter and it worked somewhat, so now it is a keepsake. Looking forward to arrival! I would like to find a operators manual or a copy if anyone has one. Thanks a bunch!!
Hi Mike, Enjoyed the vintage radio show and tell. I had a small CB distribution business back in the 70's and enjoyed looking inside this era of radios with the dealers I sold to. Have you tried baking soda toothpaste on clear plastic? I've had some good first off results with lighter cases of clear plastic glaze. I'd love to have a 23 channel transistor model assembled with the pins like this one. My favorites? As a ham for 40 years, I still enjoy Collins. Can you wonder that my favorite 23 channel CB? Sonar of course. Thanks for the videos!
Very cool to see this video, this was my very first CB back in the 70's, I had a JC Penney's desktop mic on it, the mic looked like a banana in shape....I have been loosely looking for this radio and mic, preferable in NOS condition, I see the radio often but not NOS, never see the mic....I had this connected to a Radio Shack Droopy *Drawers* 1/4 wave base antenna, I'd like to say it kicked butt, it didn't, but it worked (except when skip was out, then you couldn't talk across the street)! Used it for about a year, then moved onto I believe a Navaho 23ch base....JC Penney's also made a SSB version of this radio.... ~Jack, VEG
I agree. The radios back then were HEAVY and made to LAST! yes they are 23 ch buit they were made to last for a lifetime.. Hence why i love the older stuff unlike the guys around here that all seem to want new and fancy stuff that wont last long..
Great video! Thanks for sharing!
Another job well done Mike.Squelch the skip out and they also make great intercoms between house/shop/barn/tractor/truck etc. And in a lot of rural areas cell reception is awful.
CB Sets are like early VCR's. Two manufacturers and lots of different names on the front. BTW, that set cleaned up great. Love those headlight kits.
There's lots of ways to polish plastic but I prefer the headlight polishing kits. Not only do they polish but the good ones also have protective polymers in the mix to protect the plastic against UV light.
Amen
Reminds me of a J.C. Pinto 23 channel radio.
Man that oldie turned out nice! I have about 35 or 40 old radios I need to repair and restore. I love those old ones. Maybe I send them all to you to fix :pJust not enough time here to do it. Keep up the great work Mike.
LOL, I can add them to the mountain of my own radios I don't have time to work on. :)
Nice job Mike, cleaned up very nicely!
Mike you nailed it, it looks great! I lost my step dad a couple of years ago, then found this in a box in the garage that my son packed back in the early 90's. I hooked it to power and meter and it worked somewhat, so now it is a keepsake. Looking forward to arrival! I would like to find a operators manual or a copy if anyone has one. Thanks a bunch!!
Hey i had that little base once.. It worked great. Ugly as hell but talked great.
Watching your 23 channel restoration vids, is also restoring my interest in 23 channel sets ;-)
23 channels are enough, no one needs 80 channels anymore
Hi Mike, Enjoyed the vintage radio show and tell. I had a small CB distribution business back in the 70's and enjoyed looking inside this era of radios with the dealers I sold to. Have you tried baking soda toothpaste on clear plastic? I've had some good first off results with lighter cases of clear plastic glaze. I'd love to have a 23 channel transistor model assembled with the pins like this one. My favorites? As a ham for 40 years, I still enjoy Collins. Can you wonder that my favorite 23 channel CB? Sonar of course. Thanks for the videos!
Very cool to see this video, this was my very first CB back in the 70's, I had a JC Penney's desktop mic on it, the mic looked like a banana in shape....I have been loosely looking for this radio and mic, preferable in NOS condition, I see the radio often but not NOS, never see the mic....I had this connected to a Radio Shack Droopy *Drawers* 1/4 wave base antenna, I'd like to say it kicked butt, it didn't, but it worked (except when skip was out, then you couldn't talk across the street)! Used it for about a year, then moved onto I believe a Navaho 23ch base....JC Penney's also made a SSB version of this radio.... ~Jack, VEG
I have the same radio but I'm having some issues with some channel it doesn't make contact on chat 4-13-17 but the rest of the channels works good
Either the channel selector or bad crystal.
MikesRadioRepair oh ok
When radios were built right
I agree. The radios back then were HEAVY and made to LAST! yes they are 23 ch buit they were made to last for a lifetime.. Hence why i love the older stuff unlike the guys around here that all seem to want new and fancy stuff that wont last long..