Max, are you the original owner? If no, maybe you could ask the former owner
where he got his antenna from? There must be a suitable antenna from some
other vehicle that is now sitting junkyards world wide. (I hope)

>From: Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
>Reply-To: Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: antenna replacement complications
>Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 17:25:45 -0500
>
>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

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