I've noticed that many new cars now use a short, flexible antenna
mounted on the roof.  It occurs to me that on of these would be good on
a Vanagon, especially a Westy, where it could be completely concealed
under the side of the luggage rack.  Then, the fragile original antenna
could be left safely down.  Any thoughts?

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     Anchorage, AK
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of WVVW
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 4:09 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: antenna replacement

Philip,

I replaced mine a couple months ago and it didn't seem too difficult.
However, it helps to have small hands when running the cable through the
dash.  I found it helpful to remove the (d)ashtray, the glovebox and the
radio.  If you have the stock radio, I found that using 4, 2 1/2"
'bright' finish nails (a coat hanger might work, too) in the 4 small
holes on the radio face would allow you to easily remove the radio.

Other than that, it was just a matter of removing the old antenna,
sliding the new one in and running the cable.

Oh, yeah..., and a lot of swearing when I raked my knuckles on the dash
supports...

Brian

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