Cb Tapestries
Description: If you’re a trucker, you know that Citizens Band Radio Service (CB radio) is a vital tool when you’re on the road. The CB radio allows anyone to communicate with one another through a radio system. CB radios also help truckers stay informed about events on the road, get traffic and weather updates, and make contact in an emergency situation in rural areas. All practical uses aside, it's also quite handy for just shooting the shit with those around you when traveling or overnighting somewhere.
Description: C.W. McCall's song 'Convoy' reached the number one position on the pop and country music charts in January 1976. The song was about truckers using CB radios to rebel against the new 55 mph federal speed limits, a theme so popular and topical, that the single sold over two million copies upon release. Midland decided to market a CB radio called the 'Convoy Buddy' to McCall fans, and while its 4 watts won’t get you from New Jersey to Omaha, Nebraska, like it did in the song, the radio was a nice unit. In 1978, the movie Convoy was released, based on McCall's song, that featured a new version of the track, written specially to track with the events of the film. The movie injected renewed in interest in the song and the Convoy Buddy radio sets.
Description: Bo "Bandit" Darville is the owner/operator of Bandit Trucking out of Atlanta Georgia. He's been known to operate outside of DOT regulations with cooked logbooks and unpermitted loads, so if say you need a load of Coors beer delivered east of the Mississippi River on the sly, the Bandit is just the guy to do it for you. Keep the shiny side up the rubber parts down. We gone.
Description: Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American action comedy film that follows Bo "Bandit" Darville and Cledus "Snowman" Snow, two bootleggers attempting to illegally transport 400 cases of beer from Texarkana to Atlanta. While the Snowman drives the truck carrying the beer, the Bandit drives a 1977 Trans Am to distract law enforcement (called blocking) and keep the attention off the Snowman. During their run, they are pursued by Texas county sheriff Buford T. Justice. Smokey and the Bandit was the second-highest-grossing domestic film of 1977 in the United States.
Description: Unlike the 1970s CB craze which fueled movies like Smokey and the Bandit, and countless CB-themed songs – which in turn saw the CB phenomenon positively explode – today’s CB culture breeds a more mature mode of communicating. In fact, CB communications are alive and well and most likely living in your neighborhood as people are increasingly looking to CB communications. I’m not sure that state troopers will be returning to Citizen’s Band radio any time soon, but just in case, trust no one.
Description: Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, R.D. Trucking was Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald's owner/operator trucking business. This is a variation on the original artwork as seen on Rubber Duck's black Mack RS-712LST in the legendary 1978 film, Convoy. This version of the R.D. Trucking Custom shirt features a nice vintage look with subtle fading, cracking and chips to make it look like it's been waded up in the back of a sleeper cab since the 70s.
Description: Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams, and Mike Henry. The film marks the directorial debut of stuntman Hal Needham.Bandit" Darville (Reynolds) and Cledus "Snowman" Snow (Reed), two truck-driving bootleggers attempting to illegally transport 400 cases of Coors beer from Texarkana to Atlanta. While the Snowman drives the truck carrying the beer, the Bandit drives blocker
Description: Are you a CB radio geek? Does changing frequency get your freak on? Do you feel like you just have to have your HAM radio? Do you love CB radios and just can’t stop talking about them? Adjust your antenna and show how much you love talking about the hobby where you talk to strangers. If your antenna is the biggest then show it with this CB radio nerd design.
