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Subject:Re: 87 antenna replacement
From:Stuart MacMillan
Date:Tue, 1 May 2001 13:08:21 -0700

Remove the upper grill and left headlight holder(s) and it will be
obvious what you need to do. You will also need to remove the instrument
cluster to feed the cable to the radio.

Ed Carroll wrote:
>
> Hello to all. I find this list incredibly helpful and well worth the
> time sorting and deleting.
>
> The old stock antenna broke off, so I bought a new one from Vanagain
> or Bus Depot -- I forget which. Question is, how do I get the old one
> out? The cast base of the old one fits into the oval hole in the hood
> with some kind of Chinese puzzle shapes, and since I never had the
> patience for those things, I can't seem to get it through. So then I
> mistakenly dropped the whole thing down into the bodywork.
>
> Any advice on snaking the base back out through the body or down
> through the dash would be much appreciated.
>
> Ed Carroll
>
> 87 Weekender

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Stuart MacMillan
Seattle

'84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
'65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
'74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly)

Personal mechanic for:
'70 MGB GT (Daughter's)

Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM):
'72 MGB GT (Was daughter's, now son's)
'64 MGB (Son's)

Stripped and gone but their parts live on:
'68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT