What Mick is describing is what is on my 90 GL,  thought it was standard
oem.  It's black if that matters.

DM&FS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mick Kalber" <hotlava@INTERPAC.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: antenna replacement complications

> You know... forgive me, but every time the antenna thread comes up I ask
> this question:
> Doesn't anybody know a source for a one-piece steel (or comparable metal)
> flexible antenna that will mount on a vanagon?  The OEM antennas are junk.
> I want one like I have on my Grand Cherokee... one piece, flexible...
won't
> break going thru a car wash or four-wheeling through the trees and bushes.
> Sure, i suppose you could break it if you bent it flat against the hood,
but
> the tip will touch the hood without any problem.  It can be unscrewed at
the
> base, but need not be removed under most circumstances.
>
> This list has such a vast store of knowledge about everything under the
> sun... doesn't someone know what I'm talking about?
>
> Mick
> 89 Syncro Westy
> Hilo, Hawaii