I have one of these "stinger", with a Scirocco 16V underneath it.

Due to the distribtor's high-up location in the engine compartment of the
16V engine, the antenna had to be moved to avoid ignition-pulse induced
noise. It initially signified having a 16V engine, but cought on as a kewl
appearance item.

These are amplified antennas to help make up for the long cable to the front
of the car.
A 12V power wire is run to the base along with the signal cable. Fuba makes
most of them.

Typically, the amplifier in the base will fail, necessitating headliner work
as well. And the cost of the replacement is relatively high. Mine needs
replacing, sigh.

But, it do look cool.

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Antaki

 A child on the farm sees a plane fly overhead and dreams of a faraway
place.
 A traveler on the plane sees the farmhouse and thinks of home. -Carl Burns

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Per Lindgren
> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 4:33 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: ev gl for sale
>
>
> Ron Bloomquist wrote:
>
> >     16 valve electronic antenna,
> >
> > Huh?  What?
> >
> > Damn.  I never even heard of one of these!
> > Help!!  Do I need one of these?  Will it help?
> > Friday was good until I read about this ;-)
>
> It is actually the style of the antenna found on the Golf GTI 16V that
> everybody find so cool. So, since everybody find it cool, shouldn't
> everybody have one, even if they never listen to the radio? If you say
> yes, you answer the same thing as some smart heads in some companies
> that make every type of aftermarket junk for your car,
>
> INCLUDING fake stick-on 16V antenna!
>
> PerL
>