LOL. Have you happened to notice the weather for Oklahoma, Redneck? All-time record snowfall. I can't even get out my front door--it has a good foot of snow piled up against it, and that's after shoveling a foot off during the storm! Instead of show, I'll try to describe. And, credit where credit is due: This idea came from TORN. And I'm writing as if a newbie asked, since some may try to follow these instructions--Redneck is a lot smarter than my writing would suggest.

I picked up a 1" wide piece of stock metal from the hardware store. They come about 36" long. It was to be mounted on the two bolts that hold the stock tire carrier on on the driver's side, so I measured across those two bolts, then added a few inches to the top to get the antenna a little higher. You can see that in the picture. Add one more inch for the 90° mounting tab. Mark and cut. Grind the cut section to smooth it around and eliminate the sharp corners.

You'll need three holes: Two for the mounting bolts of the spare tire carrier (forgot what size, but it's easy to figure out), and one 1/2" hole centered in the 90° tab. Smooth out any metal bits from the drilling. Primer and paint.

You'll need an antenna feed-through connector to mount your selected antenna--a local CB shop can provide you the part, but may call it something different. And that's pretty much it. The CB coax was fed right along with the third taillight wires out the grommet in the tailgate--tight squeeze but it made it. One thing I didn't mention: My hardware store had iron and aluminum stock metal. I chose iron primarily because it's nigh impossible to find the correct primer for aluminum (zinc oxide). We used to get it in spray cans when I worked on USAF's aircraft, but I could not find it anywhere, so ended up with the iron. Without a proper primer on aluminum, hit that sucker with a wash wand and you'll blast your top coat right off it.

Now, I need to go shovel my driveway, sidewalks and see if the brakes on the Jeep froze. We're supposed to go to some friends for dinner this afternoon, but the roads in OKC are shut down because the few snow plows we have can't move for all of the abandoned vehicles.

If I can just get outside the house. LOL.