wonder what the cost of a 1 way rental of a gladiator from Avis (or others) and a flight to Florida would be? New cost + wait for Alu-Cab vs great price for his and cost to fly to FL, rent Gladiator, put cap on it and drive it home for you?
I am currently running a dual radio O7 with a VHF APX4500 as the primary and a all band APX8500 as the secondary in a HRR set up. I will post pics for you next week
They make a thick panel NMO mount that would work. To add to that, keep in mind that you VSWR and performance with that mount will suck. It will not provide enough ground plane for any real application.
Who did you order your new one from? FYI mine shipped from ALU-CAB back in May and has been sitting at the Port of Cape Town ever since. The port is FUBARed due to COVID and shipping is WAY behind. Do you have any pics of you mounting of the TACO cap and what mods you had to do?
I cancelled my order with them when they kept lying to me about ship dates and new excuses why they could not make it. Went with 67 Designs and happy with it
PM me direct and will set you up there. I got mine there for 8% below. They just got my buddy hooked up the same. They are 5 min from me and have been dealing with them for 20+ years