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Well, I split the difference between collect and accumulate. I acquire. I do this by the simple means of impulse buying. When I was younger purchases had to be planned and saved for. These days I simply see it & buy it. Turns out I have "acquired" some of my favorite things that way. Now some could say impulse buying is simply giving into momentary lust. But, one of my favorite things I "acquired" do to lust (and at the time nothing more) I have been married to for 52 years.

Actually my preference is a .45 Colt Blackhawk.

Sadly in the L.A. Metro area thefts from vehicles is rampant. And they take anything that isn't nailed down. They may toss it later, but they are going to take it. My particular vehicle is a Tacoma. One of the most popular pickups to steal, or just steal parts from. My property doesn't have space to park off street. So, while I have an alarm, kill switch and physical locking devices to prevent theft of the vehicle, it's still wide open to smash and grabs. Anything tempting in lain sight just ups the chances. I could go on and on why this is so, but the reality is there is no enforcement of the laws regarding vehicle thefts and thefts from vehicles. Oh, you can go online and file a report (at least the trees won't be harmed) but it will never been seen by human eyes.

Sun city, my cousin died there.

Hey guys, if I irked some of you with my teasing I apologize.

Funny you mention that, I keep a high flow electric to use as a fuel transfer pump. I'll have to see what brand it is.

But I've seen your videos. So I care what you drive. I'm just an old Jeeper making fun of the new kids.

See now, if my fuel pump dies, it mechanical, I just undo the hose connections and a couple of bolts and put on a spare. But should I not have a spare like the first time that happened, just fill a bottle with gas, tape it to the windshield, run a section of fuel line to the carb and set the drip then drive on out. Now tell me fuel injection is better off road.

I've run two batteries in my Jeep since I put my winch on in 1983. One for starting the other for auxiliary stuff (winch, lights, etc.). Yea, I have a high output alternator. Here's a question for the fuel injected crowd. What do you do if your in tank fuel pump dies on the trail?

The military did a lot of odd voltage systems. We had 1950's era crash and structural trucks that were 24 volts. The 12 volt batteries were installed in series parallel to give us the 24 volts but lots of amps to crank the vehicle engine and the modified Continental aircraft engine for the pumps. Other slightly newer trucks were 12 volts but still had batteries in parallel to provide the amps needed. then there were auxiliary vehicles (mostly modified pickups) that had conventional 12 volt systems. I never did see any 24 volt batteries in use. But it's possible some of the 24 volt series parallel were first fitted with them. But when I became a fireman in '71 most of the vehicles were as old or older than I was. We got our first "new" structure trucks in about '73, new rescue trucks about the same time and new crash trucks in'74. By the time I was discharged most of the structural trucks were newer models but we still had a few 1950's era crash trucks around including the Cardox carbon dioxide crash trucks.

I'm confused, some folks say they won't but Chinese made radios. Others say that all GMRS radios are made in China. What brand and models are made in the USA?

Here's the deal. How do you secure radios in your vehicles that aren't garaged? I know I can simply unscrew the antenna, but what about radios mounted in the vehicle?

Hold on. They recently put LED streetlights on my block. How do you determine their frequency?

If you have access, check the repeater map.

So far I've found the repeater map and the info there a great help to getting on repeaters. I did notice that as of yesterday, I see more repeaters in my area.

Hey, don't insult Scooby. Can you talk dog?

As long as I have been reading forums I have found some of the best information comes from thread drift.

You know, some of the older crash trucks had seats like that. Except for the hanging part. Not sure about size. But if it's close I bet it could be modified to hang. Just a little fabrication and welding.

I tend to buy Pelican. But the harbor freight option looks good. I don't plan on invading a small country with it.

I'm looking for a hard case to hold the radio & mike, mag mount and antenna. Something I can put into a vehicle.

Those M170's were cool. Everything in front of the fire wall looks typical Jeep. Body is a bit longer, can some one say, like a CJ-6. But you're right about the parts that "make it an ambulance" being hard/impossible to find. I hope who ever you passed it on to finishes the restoration.

2020 double cab short bed. I spotted them on another thread about sound deadening. You do have to remove the storage trays on the rear cab wall. But those are only held in by a few bolts. The is one on the driver's side, one in the middle and one on the passenger side. Interestingly enough on the driver's side the storage tray has a depression that is thinner than the rest of the plastic. It looks tailor made to drill out and route the wire through. I'm going to get the size and buy a rubber grommet or car plug to seal the opening. That an bit of silicone should do.

Leaf springs and carb?

I was going to use an underbody carplug but it was a hassle to get to, not to mention pretty close to the exhaust. I found my Tacoma has three holes in the rear of the cab that have rubber plugs. Pretty much made for an antenna wire.

Can't resist. I thought you guys said you had Jeeps. You know round headlights and leaf springs. Cubic inch displacement not metric. Carburetor not fuel injection.