that dried cap thing is still getting my brains attention , were did the radio come from in the first place ? did it come from a dry climate or a wet one ? was it kept in a garage on a shelf for 20 years ? was it put away nicely in a box or air tight bag ? I've just had to many that were over 20 years old that had no problems what so ever , but then again , IM no cap / resistor / radio / amp / antenna / expert to begin with. Believe it or not , CB radio and Disco went hand and hand , BJ and the Bear and Smokey and the Bandit and donna summer ect.ect. ect. the fad really didn't last that long , they baught them and used them for a while and then they went back into there boxes and what not. Ebay and other places is a very good sign of this, can't count how many mint in the boxes 148s from 1979 I've seen or only used for a short time and reboxed there after !! Dried caps huh !! I'd personally be willing to put up the 100.00 shipped for it if I had it. yeap , I really don't understand the building process of these older radios but they sure seem like they were solid and built well for there time and I've used to many of them over the years and they have yet to prove me wrong.