Sure, but, then you'd have a tricky hole to fill.  Unless you really WANT your westy to sound like someone is blowing into a soda can when you drive faster that 22.5 MPH.

Brian

"Mike Moery" <mike.moery@acsalaska.net> wrote:

>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?
>
>    -Mike Moery
>     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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