68 power antenna location

ctrain22 · October 26th, 2009, 05:37 PM

Can someone tell me where the correct location on the right rear quarter the power antenna is located? The manual shows it there, but not the demensions of the location.

allyolds68 · October 26th, 2009, 07:45 PM

This was posted a while ago on ROP. The measurements are given for a convertible

http://www.realoldspower.com/phpBB2/...+antenna+panel

dan1s · October 28th, 2009, 11:24 AM

I will take some measurements and pics for you. I'll let you know.

Dan

dan1s · October 28th, 2009, 11:39 AM

Here are some pics for now until I take some for you. Maby they can help.

rcorrigan5 · October 28th, 2009, 09:09 PM

So, I'm looking at my '68 PIM/Assembly Manual, Section 1-4, page 325, and I see the diagram on where the power antenna is mounted for a '68 "A" body car. They talk about the two dimples in the trunk floor on the passenger rear side. They say to mount the power antenna base using the inboard dimple for sedans, and to use the outboard dimple for convertibles and coupes. SO, I looked in the trunk of my '68 442 convertible (it just has the regular antenna on the fender) to see if I could find the dimples. I searched and searched - nothing that I could see resembled anything like a dimple. But my '68 trunk has been restored so, maybe, I thought, the dimples got covered. SO, I looked at my '69 PIM and it says the same thing - it's even the same page. Great, I thought. I'll go look in my '69 trunk because it has never been restored - it's as original as it came out of Fremont. I looked and looked - if dimples are there, they must be incredibly small! I ran my fingers over the area in question just to see if I could feel any kind of indentation....................... ...............nothing. Either I'm losing my sight or sense of feeling, or those darn dimples are so insignificant as to not be there at all. Hope someone has some good measurements for you - I'll eventually need them, too, for my '69!
Randy C.

dan1s · October 29th, 2009, 03:03 PM

Ok, I took some pictures today. I hope this can help.

ctrain22 · October 29th, 2009, 06:36 PM

Pictures really do help. Thanks. I know where to put it now. Thanks all.

allyolds68 · October 29th, 2009, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ctrain22

Pictures really do help. Thanks. I know where to put it now. Thanks all.

Is it convertible or hardtop? The location is different. If it's a convertible use the location in the ROP thread not the hardtop location above

ctrain22 · October 29th, 2009, 06:49 PM

I have a convertible and I will use the measurements from ROP thread, but the pictures put it into perspective.

Yellowstatue · November 18th, 2009, 04:30 AM

The convert antenna mount is not anything similar to a hard top and the base chrome piece of course is different also and the underside of the fender piece part number too...

as for the dimples on the floor, they must be the optional microscopic ones

October 26th, 2009, 05:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
ctrain22 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ventura, CA Posts: 141	68 power antenna location Can someone tell me where the correct location on the right rear quarter the power antenna is located? The manual shows it there, but not the demensions of the location. __________________ 68 442 Convertible

October 26th, 2009, 07:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
allyolds68 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 7	This was posted a while ago on ROP. The measurements are given for a convertible http://www.realoldspower.com/phpBB2/...+antenna+panel Last edited by allyolds68; October 26th, 2009 at 07:48 PM..

October 28th, 2009, 11:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
dan1s Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 207	I will take some measurements and pics for you. I'll let you know. Dan __________________ Follow link to Pictures and Video... RATE MY CAR http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3068977

October 28th, 2009, 11:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
dan1s Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 207	Here are some pics for now until I take some for you. Maby they can help. __________________ Follow link to Pictures and Video... RATE MY CAR http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3068977 Last edited by dan1s; October 29th, 2009 at 06:38 PM..

October 29th, 2009, 03:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
dan1s Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 207	Ok, I took some pictures today. I hope this can help. __________________ Follow link to Pictures and Video... RATE MY CAR http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3068977

October 28th, 2009, 09:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
rcorrigan5 Randy C. Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 108	So, I'm looking at my '68 PIM/Assembly Manual, Section 1-4, page 325, and I see the diagram on where the power antenna is mounted for a '68 "A" body car. They talk about the two dimples in the trunk floor on the passenger rear side. They say to mount the power antenna base using the inboard dimple for sedans, and to use the outboard dimple for convertibles and coupes. SO, I looked in the trunk of my '68 442 convertible (it just has the regular antenna on the fender) to see if I could find the dimples. I searched and searched - nothing that I could see resembled anything like a dimple. But my '68 trunk has been restored so, maybe, I thought, the dimples got covered. SO, I looked at my '69 PIM and it says the same thing - it's even the same page. Great, I thought. I'll go look in my '69 trunk because it has never been restored - it's as original as it came out of Fremont. I looked and looked - if dimples are there, they must be incredibly small! I ran my fingers over the area in question just to see if I could feel any kind of indentation....................... ...............nothing. Either I'm losing my sight or sense of feeling, or those darn dimples are so insignificant as to not be there at all. Hope someone has some good measurements for you - I'll eventually need them, too, for my '69! Randy C.

October 29th, 2009, 06:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
ctrain22 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ventura, CA Posts: 141	Pictures really do help. Thanks. I know where to put it now. Thanks all. __________________ 68 442 Convertible

October 29th, 2009, 06:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
ctrain22 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ventura, CA Posts: 141	I have a convertible and I will use the measurements from ROP thread, but the pictures put it into perspective. __________________ 68 442 Convertible

November 18th, 2009, 04:30 AM	#10 (permalink)
Yellowstatue Certified Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Too close to Toronto!! Posts: 567	The convert antenna mount is not anything similar to a hard top and the base chrome piece of course is different also and the underside of the fender piece part number too... as for the dimples on the floor, they must be the optional microscopic ones __________________ '57 S88 HC et al; '68 442 M20; '68 442 M21; '68 W30; '68 Vista et al; '80 -'84 Regency et al; '96,'98.'99 Aurora..Ignition ON

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