Max, are you the original owner? If no, maybe you could ask the former owner where he got his antenna from? There must be a suitable antenna from some other vehicle that is now sitting junkyards world wide. (I hope)
>From: Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET> >Reply-To: Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: antenna replacement complications >Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 17:25:45 -0500 > >What Mick is describing is what is on my 90 GL, thought it was standard >oem. It's black if that matters. > >DM&FS >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mick Kalber" <hotlava@INTERPAC.NET> >To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 3:12 PM >Subject: Re: antenna replacement complications > > > > You know... forgive me, but every time the antenna thread comes up I ask > > this question: > > Doesn't anybody know a source for a one-piece steel (or comparable >metal) > > flexible antenna that will mount on a vanagon? The OEM antennas are >junk. > > I want one like I have on my Grand Cherokee... one piece, flexible... >won't > > break going thru a car wash or four-wheeling through the trees and >bushes. > > Sure, i suppose you could break it if you bent it flat against the hood, >but > > the tip will touch the hood without any problem. It can be unscrewed at >the > > base, but need not be removed under most circumstances. > > > > This list has such a vast store of knowledge about everything under the > > sun... doesn't someone know what I'm talking about? > > > > Mick > > 89 Syncro Westy > > Hilo, Hawaii _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com |
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