Mick, In the search for the answer to this very question, I took one day two months ago, and hit every local FLAPS in a 20 mile radius, and found ----NOTHING. And I ain't talking Pep Boys, and Track, I'm talking NAPA, and every Mom and Pop operation that has been around for eons. I did find some older listings that did work at one time, but after calling the manufacturers themselves, I found that all of the part numbers that I had come up with were NLA. I tried-----and wound up with a $49.00 manual retract, from VW, and by the way, it is a piece of flimsy garbage. The mast shakes like it wants to blow off in a headwind, or at speed. The Pep Boys antenna is one heck of allot sturdier, if a guy would just stay out of carwashes. Take a day off work, and check it out, see what you can locate. I kinda like the solid mast idea myself. Later, ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- 74 Campmobile- (Clementine) 85 GL- ( Delilah) 86 BMW 325 ES- (Eva) |
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