RadioBanter - HF MOBILE OF THE MONTH

On 12 Apr 2004 22:04:19 -0700, (Mark Keith) wrote:

|Wes Stewart wrote in message
| It wasn't for
| emergency use so much as for DXing. I think it was on the cover of CQ
| magazine, but I couldn't afford subscriptions in those days so I'm not
| sure.
|
|It sure looks familiar. Mainly the old mercury wagon, and the way the
|gear was set up. It's possible the article mentioned dxing, or maybe
|even field day use, but can't remember..But I do remember he set it up
|to be multi-op, with people at different radios. Maybe that would ring
|a bell...

That's not what I remember... in fact there was only one seat in the
car so I don't know about multi-ops. It's not like we were best
buddies tho. I know he would drive out in the desert and operate
alone. The top photo was a typical location.

|Of course, it's possible that there was someone else with the
|same type setup...But that car sure looks familiar...It's hard for me
|to check the issues, as I have them packed away in a closet, but if I
|run across it, and it's the same guy, I'll scan it for you.
|I've got many issues of old qst's and CQ's, etc the oldest going back
|into the 30's. Loads of them for the late 40's and 50's. It was a 50's
|issue I'm sure, with that car...MK

If you could find it I would love to see it.

The car was something else. He bought it new from the local
Lincoln-Mercury dealer and when it wouldn't pull the load he had them
yank the engine and hot rod it. Of course what he needed was more
torque and they stuffed a bigger cam and multiple carbs in it, etc. so
it was actually worse. He then had a '56 Lincoln engine installed.
This had to have cost a relative fortune.

He had truck tires on the rear and extra leaves in the springs,
especially the right side where the pole pig transformer resided.

Wes