At 09:59 PM 3/12/02 -0900, you wrote: >I've noticed that many new cars now use a short, flexible antenna >mounted on the roof. It occurs to me that on of these would be good on >a Vanagon, especially a Westy, where it could be completely concealed >under the side of the luggage rack. Then, the fragile original antenna >could be left safely down. Any thoughts? If you extend your antenna 3/4" above the highest point of your roof, it makes an good indicator of which pipes you're not going to make it under in a parking garage... However I don't know if the stock antenna will extend far enough to outreach a westy top. |
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