Old Car Phones

Hey All,

I was wondering if anyone remembers those really old car phones, the ones you used to actually screw into the dashboard. (This would be around 1988-1990).

I bought a 1990 Civic a few weeks ago and noticed a few wires hanging loose under the steering wheel. I traced them to a black box under the drivers seat.

Since its nice out today I decided to rip it out and see what the hell it is. I believe it's a piece for an old car phone. I took a pic and attached it to this post. If it doesnt come through, you can find them at http://www.linuxhelp.ca/phone/

Whatdya think?

Thanks
Joey

YEP thats waht that is OLD cell phone amp

Ah, that's what I thought. Thanks for the confirmation.

I wonder why they took out the cell phone but left all the wiring/amp in the car. Too lazy I guess.

Tomororw I'll have to tackle my car stereo problem.

Thanks!

Hahahahha I remember when the car phone was like the thing to have. The portable cell phone totally killed it off.

Originally posted by joeyo
Hey All,

I was wondering if anyone remembers those really old car phones, the ones you used to actually screw into the dashboard. (This would be around 1988-1990).

I bought a 1990 Civic a few weeks ago and noticed a few wires hanging loose under the steering wheel. I traced them to a black box under the drivers seat.

Since its nice out today I decided to rip it out and see what the hell it is. I believe it's a piece for an old car phone. I took a pic and attached it to this post. If it doesnt come through, you can find them at http://www.linuxhelp.ca/phone/

Whatdya think?

Thanks
Joey
That is an old AUDIOVOX transceiver, for a cell phone. I haven't seen one of those in years. It is bringing back some memories.

On the bright side, I found a quarter and 4 pennies under it :)

lol, its always good to buy used cars hehe, u always find money, i found like 5 bux in change in a car at the wreckers too, u know the flip down piece by the steering column? that was loaded with quarters and dimes :D lol and found maybe a buck 50 in my car lol, still some quarters down into the e-brake surround lol

Yah I know what you mean. I found a few things in the car when I bought it. A few empty timmies cups under the drivers seat, a pair of safety glasses under the passengers seat, some pioneer money and now the loose change. I could just imagine what people at the scrap yards find.

Hey do you know of any decent scrap yars in the mississauga/burlington/hamilton area? I wanna try and find the clock that fits into the dash for my 90 civic. For some reason mine doesn't have it..

Thanks

Joey.

theres one out here in Grimsby, i know for a fact they have one cuz i saw it when i was takin out the gauge cluster for my car lol, its called Van Ryns. very good ppl there, very friendly. also u can try Dominion Auto Wreckers in Stoney Creek/Hamilton Area http://www.dominionauto.com/ thats there site. if u dont get one right away then next time i goto van ryns i'll send u a pm and pick one up for u and ship it to u. it'll b prolly 3 or 4 weeks till i go up tho, dunno what i need as of yet lol

If you want, the next time you go out to the grimsby one, let me know and I'll drive out there with ya.

Since it's going to be nice out tomorrow, it would be a perfect day to go rummage around but I'm on call at work so I'm pretty much glued to home.

How much do you think they would charge for the clock anyways? Like $5-$10?


Thanks,
Joey

yea probably about that much. yea tommorows out for me anyways cuz 1, all the snows melting and it'll b like a swamp up there.
and 2. more body work for me on my car hehe :D
oh and 3. doubt my parents would drive me lol, unless u came and picked me up and my dad gives us directions lol
but next weekends out 2, got plans with some girls hehe :D
maybe the weekend after lol

the weekend after sounds good to me. :)

alright then
i'll try to keep that weekend open

Two of my buddies worked at junkyards, one that specialized in big american cars, and the other predominantly volkswagens.
The number one item found in the trunk of massive, rusted out oldsmobiles? An oily, battered hard hat.
The number one item left in old volkswagens?
An umbrella.
Flunky

:::This is a good time to sit back and think about how far our world has gone in building technology......Nah but I found my dads old school celly, and held it up to mine, and holy crap the battery for my dads old cell phone is the size of my cell phone..just thought i would whore..have a good day:D

Originally posted by Stali08
:::This is a good time to sit back and think about how far our world has gone in building technology......Nah but I found my dads old school celly, and held it up to mine, and holy crap the battery for my dads old cell phone is the size of my cell phone..just thought i would whore..have a good day:D

whore http://smilies.jeeptalk.org/otn/happy/thebirdman.gif

i bought my crx and drove it for like 5 months, than one day as i was working on my deck behide it i saw a shine of silver, i tugged on the is sliver and it turned out to be a kenwood amp...

yea im a whore.:smoka:

I am today

so i've noticed ha ha

well then I will just keep it up:D

yea so will i

don't start man. I am warning you
:D

Oh Please:rolleyes: What are you gonna do:flipa: whore:flipa:

yes:finger: :flipa: :devil:

ha ha ha..damn Ami is gonna be pissed when she see's all of our whoring

I don't think so just don't piss her Off

BTW ami

HE STARTED IT:devil:

Hey you joined in
But...
If you wouldnt of joined in..I would of stoped :silly2:

Originally posted by Stali08
Hey you joined in
But...
If you wouldnt of joined in..I would of stoped :silly2:

are you sure?????????/hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Originally posted by Stali08
ha ha ha..damn Ami is gonna be pissed when she see's all of our whoring

only at you Stali08 http://www.4thgenerationcivic.com/images/badassbuddy_com-screwed.gif

just kiddin :finger: i don't give a fuck, civic rush NEVER whores. i actually think it's kinda funny. MyFirst4G is the only other person i have seen pull off having all the last replies in every thread. not that i'm telling anyone to do it....please don't. but civic rush contributes 99% tech.....he's allowed to bump his head and fly off the handle everynow and again

Originally posted by LadyNRedSi


only at you Stali08 http://www.4thgenerationcivic.com/images/badassbuddy_com-screwed.gif

just kiddin :finger: i don't give a fuck, civic rush NEVER whores. i actually think it's kinda funny. MyFirst4G is the only other person i have seen pull off having all the last replies in every thread. not that i'm telling anyone to do it....please don't. but civic rush contributes 99% tech.....he's allowed to bump his head and fly off the handle everynow and again

hehehehehehehehehe
I got away clean and clear

ami here is your present

damnit..but I always post the problems or questions for him to answer:(

Originally posted by LadyNRedSi


only at you Stali08 http://www.4thgenerationcivic.com/images/badassbuddy_com-screwed.gif

just kiddin :finger: i don't give a fuck, civic rush NEVER whores. i actually think it's kinda funny. MyFirst4G is the only other person i have seen pull off having all the last replies in every thread. not that i'm telling anyone to do it....please don't. but civic rush contributes 99% tech.....he's allowed to bump his head and fly off the handle everynow and again

Hey, i contribute tech also.......... i do, really........

I will give you that one stali