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Pretty cool that your car has a radio delete plate. Or is that "block-off" plate (I know some guys get sensitive about the terminology!). The typical antenna on your car would have been a fixed mast on the passenger side front fender. On the big cars, I think the mast would be located very close to the edge of the fender, a few inches ahead of the A-pillar post. But 67s are not my forte, so if you want to know EXACTLY, best to ask someone with one to measure for you or even create a template. I think its kinda cool your car didn't come with a radio and made it all these years without one, and say you should not go drilling holes at this point (just this man's opinion). Maybe you can put a "stealth" XM setup in the car, haw haw?!

 

I guess I'm partial...I actually searched for far and wide for a radio delete plate for my '65 Jetstar and put it there in place of the AM radio that was in the car when I bought it. I think its cool. But you should of course do what makes you happy, even if it means drilling holes in the poor thing, haw haw!

Here's a pic of a car that was recently on Ebay, a 98, but should be the same placement on your car:



As for the front end of the 67s, I've heard them described as having a "cow-catcher" nose, kinda like on a locomotive.

 

Here's a photo of the dash on my '67, which came with a radio. There is more than just the radio in there if you remove your blank-off plate. There is a piece of trim that has recessed cutouts for the radio. Two round ones on each end for the ***** and a rectangular one between them for the center part of the radio.



You know, you might actually be in a better position with your blank-off plate, if you don't mind cutting it up. One of the problems with putting a modern-day, aftermarket radio in cars of this vintage is that this was before the era of standardized, "DIN" openings, and the only way you can get a modern "single DIN" radio to fit is to cut out the metal around the **** and center part openings to create a clean, rectangular opening. With your blank-off plate, you could just cut a rectangular opening of the size necessary for a modern radio. This is, of course, assuming you don't mind having a non-original look.

 

I know you can get aftermarket antennas for radios at places like Best Buy and Radio Shack. Unless you can get a template to drill the hole for the antenna perhaps it would be better to buy an aftermarket antenna and put it in your trunk. I know I would hate to drill a hole in the fender of my car and miss the mark by a fraction of an inch.

 

You'll have to get down on the floor and peer up behind the dash with a flashlight. It ought to be easy to see what holds it in place with no radio there to block the view.

 

There were two locations for the radio antenna for a 1967 Delta 88. The first was the right front fender.
The second was the right rear fender with the power antenna option. I'll include pics as soon as I get my
camera back from my wife who happens to be out of town today.

 

Here's the pics of the right front fender from my 67 Delta 88. I hope these help.
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That's very helpful, Jaybird, thanks! But could you turn that ruler around as we work in inches over here!

 

Would you like me to come over and drill the hole for you? lol
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Much better. Especially since, I noticed, that ruler is Made in the U.S.A. It's probably the only thing that is anymore!