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Old 04-23-2020   #1
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Default Mystery Module on Rear Glass

My car had crazy dark tint on all the windows and I've finally gotten around to removing it. While I was at it, I decided to pull off this mystery box that was located in the center of the rear glass near the third brake light. Does anyone have any idea as to what it is? Maybe an antennae for an old alarm system or something like that? Nothing was connected to it but it does have a coax input.

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Old 04-23-2020   #2
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Old school car phone antenna


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Old 04-23-2020   #3
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That makes perfect sense. Those are quite a bit before my time, thanks!
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Old 04-23-2020   #4
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100 percent concur
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Old 04-23-2020   #5
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Default Re: Mystery Module on Rear Glass

Speaking of old cell phones...
Got this one at a yard sale for $8, someone somewhere
paid about $2500 for it! You can bet the guy that originally bought my car had one just like it. I leave it on the console for cruise nites etc, draws more comments than the car!!!
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Old 04-24-2020   #6
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Yesssirreee boy!

Nothing like having 3 full watts of power beaming out of that antenna into your head while sitting right next to you cruising down the highway back in 86.....................

Oh and for accuracy it is actually a picture of a "--r p-one a-----tenn----a

--llo? -an --u he---r m e (crackle, crackle.......... lost signal)

Actually had the Mitsubishi version of that phone and used it while commuting from NJ to Reston, Va. once or twice a week.
Car phone bills of $300- $600.00 a month ( the good old days?)

Was relieved to finally mount an external antenna on the glass.

Nothing like 3 watts with that antenna!
You could almost carry on a conversation.

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Old 04-24-2020   #7
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I had one similar to that as well, it used a 12V lead acid battery, I think.
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Old 04-24-2020   #8
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i started out with a bag phone similar to the Motorola shown. Then had a "flip" phone from star trek! I think it was 6/10's of a watt until plugged into its base which gave it the amazing 3 watts of power with that external antenna. And yes many a $600 phone bill. LOL good ole days
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Speaking of old cell phones...
Got this one at a yard sale for $8, someone somewhere
paid about $2500 for it! You can bet the guy that originally bought my car had one just like it. I leave it on the console for cruise nites etc, draws more comments than the car!!!
Love it. As I recall Danny Glover used one in Lethal Weapon in 1987. In the early '90s I had one of the brick phones, like the dark gray one with the black antenna in the middle of the picture below.--Bob
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Speaking of old cell phones...
Got this one at a yard sale for $8, someone somewhere
paid about $2500 for it! You can bet the guy that originally bought my car had one just like it. I leave it on the console for cruise nites etc, draws more comments than the car!!!
I remember this back in the day and I remember a picture of a 1 ZR-1 that also had a cellular brick fax that was in the passenger foot well. I kid you not.... mobile faxes were a thing
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