Dawn
Member
I just had a thought cross my head regarding CB products branded with the Southern Cross. I leave it at that and not go any further for the mods. Either you know what I'm talking about or look it up.
Over the past 45 years I've been in and out of CB/repair, it's been a common motif on CB chassis, amps, faceplates, adhesive stickers, accessories invoking the rebel aspects of CB. There is now more and more venues that forbid it from Ebay to Amazon. I don't doubt that soon swapmeets and other fleamarket types are going to ban anything with it on it too.
Both CB and the "Cross" have an entwined history since truckers adopted CB. So what happens now to all this stuff both new and used. Last truckstop I was at had several new CB's with the frontplate or cases, as do catalogs and websites. Will all these products be either liquidated, prohibited from resale, or called back by the manufacture due to it now being proclaimed a hate symbol?
I'm not taking any position pro or con on the subject except just noticing the prevalence specific to CB and what future ramifications these products bearing this symbol will have.
Over the past 45 years I've been in and out of CB/repair, it's been a common motif on CB chassis, amps, faceplates, adhesive stickers, accessories invoking the rebel aspects of CB. There is now more and more venues that forbid it from Ebay to Amazon. I don't doubt that soon swapmeets and other fleamarket types are going to ban anything with it on it too.
Both CB and the "Cross" have an entwined history since truckers adopted CB. So what happens now to all this stuff both new and used. Last truckstop I was at had several new CB's with the frontplate or cases, as do catalogs and websites. Will all these products be either liquidated, prohibited from resale, or called back by the manufacture due to it now being proclaimed a hate symbol?
I'm not taking any position pro or con on the subject except just noticing the prevalence specific to CB and what future ramifications these products bearing this symbol will have.