1968 Cutlas S antenna
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1968 Cutlas S antenna
Hello everyone I am restoring a 1968 Cutlass S and I am looking for a stock radio antenna. I have not been able to find any information on a stock antenna or pictures of what it looked like. I have found some universal antennas that look pretty good but was curious if anyone actually knows what a stock antenna looked like and may have a pic of one. Thanks in advance........Todd
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In '68, they had two types of radio antennas. The one you find most is mounted on the passenger side front fender, on top near the back edge. If you have a hole in that fender, that's the type of antenna the car had/has. It basically has two parts. There's the part/pieces that go from the radio, through the metal wall on the passenger side and up through the hole in the fender to be held on by nut (with a gasket underneath it) on top of the fender. The next piece is the metal antenna itself, which mounts into the piece on the fender and is held in by a larger black plastic nut. If that's what you have, you can see a picture of what the top part of a reproduction antenna looks like in the Fusick catalog (www.fusick.com, part number 402253 (antenna) and part number AN679 (black plastick nut).
If you have a power antenna, it mounts on the passenger side quarter next to the trunk. If you have a hole back there, your car had a power antenna. You would have to find someone with a power antenna set-up and buy it from them. Those power antennas came in two applications - one for the hardtop & sport coupe and one for the convertible.
Randy C.
If you have a power antenna, it mounts on the passenger side quarter next to the trunk. If you have a hole back there, your car had a power antenna. You would have to find someone with a power antenna set-up and buy it from them. Those power antennas came in two applications - one for the hardtop & sport coupe and one for the convertible.
Randy C.
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Randy thank you for this information, wow I can't believe the cost of putting an antenna on a car. Fusick has everything except the base for the mast. where can I get the base with the wire lead to the radio? thanks again....Todd
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