Retro Find: Remember these car cell phones from the 1980s?
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Though it wasn’t hands-free, one of the first cellular car phones debuted in the U.S. in 1985.
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Before cell phones we called them car phones - Chrysler Capital
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My first cell phone, circa 1990. Phone, Cell phone, Portable phone
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Retro Find: Remember these car cell phones from the 1980s?
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Retro Find: Remember these car cell phones from the 1980s?
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Classic Motorola Phones that rocked the tech world
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1980's Vintage CAR Phone
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Retro Find: Remember these car cell phones from the 1980s?