At 09:59 PM 3/12/02 -0900, you 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?

If you extend your antenna 3/4" above the highest point of your roof, it
makes an good indicator of which pipes you're not going to make it under in
a parking garage... However I don't know if the stock antenna will extend
far enough to outreach a westy top.