Yep you heard right....if any of you remember back in the 70's, you could get an AM/FM car radio that had a built in CB radio.
I picked up one of these brand new today. Yes it's NIB, still in wrapping and all....got it for $5.
The story goes, the seller's father in law died, and they were cleaning out his house. his wife told him to throw it away but he elected to put it on Craigslist for $5. I drove 40 miles to get it.
It's a Sparkomatic 40 channel CB. I also received the owners manual as well as the FCC 505's to fill out for a call sign. Maybe I'll fill it out and send it in and see if I get a call sign back. LOL.
The radio is a J.I.L. (never heard of it). It has AM/FM but no tape. it does have the push buttons. It also has a built in "radio cut out" which cuts out the radio when a call on the CB comes thru.
I don't have a camera right now to snap any pics but I did find this on the internet, this looks close to what I have:
I picked up one of these brand new today. Yes it's NIB, still in wrapping and all....got it for $5.
The story goes, the seller's father in law died, and they were cleaning out his house. his wife told him to throw it away but he elected to put it on Craigslist for $5. I drove 40 miles to get it.
It's a Sparkomatic 40 channel CB. I also received the owners manual as well as the FCC 505's to fill out for a call sign. Maybe I'll fill it out and send it in and see if I get a call sign back. LOL.
The radio is a J.I.L. (never heard of it). It has AM/FM but no tape. it does have the push buttons. It also has a built in "radio cut out" which cuts out the radio when a call on the CB comes thru.
I don't have a camera right now to snap any pics but I did find this on the internet, this looks close to what I have:
