Any decent antennas out there?
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Any decent antennas out there?
I spent way too much time stuffing in a 60's Olds AM radio into a 1-din chop job the prior idiot left in the dash. When I fired up this Ebay baby she turned on and the back-light worked! But the strange 10" speaker in the dash was blown. Found a repopped one and surgically replaced it. Now she pulls in a couple a scratchy channels - both bad.
Okay, so it's the fender mount antenna that's toast. Looking around, there's no quality antennas to be found! I found a cool 3-section telescoping one that was suspiciously priced at $12.00. Well you know the rest. When tightening it to slightly over snug, the threads failed. It was still wiggly when the thing failed!
Anyone have a source for reasonable replacements? Gotta have that old-school look ya know?
Okay, so it's the fender mount antenna that's toast. Looking around, there's no quality antennas to be found! I found a cool 3-section telescoping one that was suspiciously priced at $12.00. Well you know the rest. When tightening it to slightly over snug, the threads failed. It was still wiggly when the thing failed!
Anyone have a source for reasonable replacements? Gotta have that old-school look ya know?
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I spent way too much time stuffing in a 60's Olds AM radio into a 1-din chop job the prior idiot left in the dash. When I fired up this Ebay baby she turned on and the back-light worked! But the strange 10" speaker in the dash was blown. Found a repopped one and surgically replaced it. Now she pulls in a couple a scratchy channels - both bad.
Okay, so it's the fender mount antenna that's toast. Looking around, there's no quality antennas to be found! I found a cool 3-section telescoping one that was suspiciously priced at $12.00. Well you know the rest. When heightening it to slightly over snug, the threads failed. It was still wiggly when the thing failed!
Anyone have a source for reasonable replacements? Gotta have that old-school look ya know?
Okay, so it's the fender mount antenna that's toast. Looking around, there's no quality antennas to be found! I found a cool 3-section telescoping one that was suspiciously priced at $12.00. Well you know the rest. When heightening it to slightly over snug, the threads failed. It was still wiggly when the thing failed!
Anyone have a source for reasonable replacements? Gotta have that old-school look ya know?
Tim
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Man this is an old post I thought died? Thanks for the bump JR!
Good suggestions. I spotted an Ebay NOS telescoping mast that worked out dandy fine. May order a backup - they're getting tricky to find and I was going "close to" OEM.
Good suggestions. I spotted an Ebay NOS telescoping mast that worked out dandy fine. May order a backup - they're getting tricky to find and I was going "close to" OEM.
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Okay starting a thread on a stupid antenna is scary but finding a quality product seemed daunting with only cheap junk out there. I can't imagine why fender mount telescoping masts are not popular these days? Wait, only three cars a year need 'em.
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