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| 1991 Jeep Wrangler (2001-current) The latest in the stable. It replaces the Ford Taurus for reasons described below. The Jeep belonged to another brother. Since he didn't need it so I decide to get it. It a base model with a 4 cylinder engine. I bought a new soft-top for as the other one was a bit old after several years in Tucson AZ. I would like to get a full steel doors and a hard top someday. | |||
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1989 Ford Mustang (1998-current)
hatchback with a 5 liter V-8. I bought it used in March of 1998 from my parents who had gotten it from one of my brothers. So I know the whole history of it since it was bought home by him in the Spring of 89.
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Here's the Mustang during the winter. Encased in a car cover with a tarp over it in the back yard. No rust yet after twelve years in Iowa. | |||
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When radios are a hobby. You have to have
some in the car. So in the Mustang, I have setup in the photo to the left..
On top is the one of first 40 channel Citizen Band radios put out by Radio Shack, I bought it new in April of 78. The middle radio is an Alinco dual-band amateur transceiver. The bottom radio is a Uniden BC-760 XLT which feeds a CD-1 decoder ( left of the CB) No it's not falling over. But thought it would a couple of times on some lousy roads. |
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John Deere Davenport Works (Construction Equipment Div.)
Since I started working there in 1995. We have had several trucks for security. A white 1994 Ford F-150, a red 1997 F-150. and now a red 1998 F-150. It's four wheel drive and has a treadplate toolbox in the bed. (I should make a model of it.) |
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No we don't have Crown Vic's for patrol. Though some industrial security departments probably do. Just thought I would come up with a design for us. If our regular truck is not available we have used other company vehicles for patrol as need (like a Dodge Caravan or Ford Taurus) | |||
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Besides the Ford pick-up above we have a John Deere Gator it's a 4x2. Meaning the back two wheels have power supplied to them from the gas engine that is under the back . You may of seen the 6x4 version on TV, some the NFL teams use them as an ambulance to take players off the fields | |||
| 1986 Ford Taurus (1993-4/2001)
I got it in September of 93. After I got the Mustang, I only used it in the winter and put the Mustang in storage from about November till March. Well after nearly eight years of service. The Taurus is no more. I went to move it to it's summer storage and it never got there. It started fine, but after five feet of travel it quit and refused to start. After checking the usual problems. I decide to get rid of it and get a different vehicle (it had too many rust spots to fix and other small problems). So some time this summer or fall I will get a replacement. |
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When the radios are in the Taurus the
setup is different.
Note that this is a newer picture that the setup above in the Mustang. I replaced the Realistic CB with a Uniden 520XL (mainly for the smaller size). Also the 760XLT is not the same unit as in the Mustang picture. That one quit working later that summer. But, I was able to replace it the same model scanner. I really like the 760XLT for a mobile scanner. I hope the new 780XLT will be just as good for mobile use. |
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This is what the radios look like at night in the Taurus. | |||
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1983 Ford LTD (1986-93)
I owned it from 1989-92. But I started driving it in 1986 while it was my parent's (they bought it new in the spring of 1984). I never installed the radios except for running a power cable to them and using magnet mount antennea on the trunk lid. But I still was able to work a New Jersey Ham through the Oscar 21 Amateur Radio Satellite, while driving up Brady Street hill! First car of mine with an personalizedplate. |
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1977 Ford LTD (1985-86)
I used this after I gave my stepbrother the Comet. The first car that I regularly used the seatbelts in. It was a nice smooth drive. |
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1974 Mercury Comet (1983-85)
I owned it for awhile in the early 80's. The right front fender and driver's door is from my previous car a 1971 Ford Maverick. I had gotten from my sister-in-law. I gave it my stepbrother, who in the next winter put it in the ditch and pushed the front in about a foot. |
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1972 Ford Pinto (1981-85)
It was in a dark yellow, but it was nice. This was the first time I owned two cars at once ( the Maverick & this ), great when one wouldn't start. I took this picture in Green River WY. Some people that I worked with said I took this to prove I drove the Pinto out there. You can just make the fiberglass whip on the fender. The ballmount is from the Maverick. I didn't like the this whip compared to the 102" whip on the Maverick. |
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| Quad-Cities Nuclear Power Plant.
The first of several patrol vehicles that I have driven during employment. At the Quad-Cities Nuclear Power Plant. We had two Dodge Ramchargers for outer perimeter and severe weather patrols. Once some guards ran one out of gas while it sitting with the a/c on. I heard a guard after I left blew a hole through the roof with a "unloaded shotgun". |
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1971 Ford Maverick (1977-86)
I got the car in the spring of 1977. I think I had it around till about 1986. But was wasn't in drivable condition after I started pulling parts for the Comet above. I installed my first CB set in it. I used a 102" whip (see the radio above in the Mustang). Once I was coming back from Moline. The stick shift (a three on the tree) wouldn't move out of first. This after I was on the interstate going across the I-74 bridge. Another time the heater core went out. I pulled it out from under the dash and drove with a hole in the firewall for the summer. It was great fresh air, except when it rained. |
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| 1968 Ford F-100 pickup (winter 1976-77)
After the Cadddy died I borrowed my stepfather truck for the winter. That was fun, driving a pickup in the Iowa after four years in California. I installed a CB radio in it for. The first of many I did for friends and family. |
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1962 Cadillac De Ville (1976)
A nice land yacht. a real smooth ride. But was a real gas hog. I drove it from California when I got out of the Marine Corps and went home. Averaged six miles to the gallon. Highest price I paid was $.54 a gallon in Oklahoma. Transmission went out after I was home about a month. |
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| 1965 Chevy. (Summer of 1976)
It was rebuilt by the previous owner. I only had it for a short time (45 days?). It have a leaky radiator and an rear air shock system that wouldn't keep air in them. I never got around to putting it in my name. |
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Ford M151A1 (1974-1976)
Technically it's not a Jeep. That name belongs to the original Jeep of WWII. I drove it while I was in Communications Support Company - Fleet Marine Force. It had a radio system called a MRC-134 for four channel or MRC-135 for an eight channel multichannel radio set.. The setup was driven up to a hilltop and the directional antennea was setup and pointed respectfully to each point the relay was for. I wrecked one in driver school. Coming around a blind turn on an hill. I found the rest of the school convoy had stopped, I didn't . By the way. If you have looked at my personalized plates and wondered about them It was my tactical callsign. One day after waiting for new callsigns from company HQ. We made some for our personnal use within the multichannel platoon. Since we already had another Corporal S. (Echo-Four-Sierra). I used S for my last initial and 72 for the year I graduated High School and joined the Marines. |
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1968 Dodge Charger (1973- 1975)
318 V8 with a two barrel carb. First car I owned. I bought it from a fellow Marine at MCB 29 Palms Calif. Where this picture was taken. I sold it in 1975 to another Marine after I was transferred to MCB Camp Pendelton Calif. I once accidentally did a 360 spin on a icy road near Big Bear lake in South Califorina. It does snow in South Califorina! |
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