by the way, there are two available antennas. One goes down all the way
and the other goes down all but 4 or 5".  The more expensive oem one goes
all the way down, whereas the cheaper variety don't.
matthew

Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356

On Tue, 13 May 2003, The Bus Depot wrote:

> > The antenna mast was broken off when I bought my van.  I'd
> > like to replace it with an exact match so I don't have to
> > drill new holes and patch the existing ones.  I haven't seen
> > this exact antenna on any of the normal vw parts sites or on
> > any pictures on the internet.  Does anyone know if/where I
> > can get a replacement?
>
>
> You don't have to buy the exact match in order to use the existing hole.
> Both of the replacements we sell use the existing hole and look similar
> to the original.
>
> Our FM09V ($8.95) is from JP/Denmark and our FM09VH (14.95) is from
> Hella. Both of these have a similar base to the original (and use the
> original hole), with a short black mast, and look quite good on the
> Vanagon. These replace the chrome-mast Harada antenna that we and most
> other VW parts vendors previously sold. (Harada has not been shipping
> for quite some time. Their distributor told me that the factory was
> destroyed by a typhoon.)
>
> These prices would be 5% cheaper if included in a $50+ order to which
> the listmember discount applies, so you could add some belts, oil
> filters, etc. to boost it up if you were so inclined.
>
> You can find both items, and a picture, at
> http://busdepot.com/ASP/SearchProdId.cfm?ProdId=fm09v&B1=Search
>
> - Ron Salmon
>   The Bus Depot, Inc.
>   www.busdepot.com
>   (215)  234-VWVW
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