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Subject:Re: I need an antenna...
From:Doug Ford
Date:Sat, 2 Aug 2003 22:22:47 -0400

Ron,
Where's the pictures???
We like pictures, when we're ready to buy!
Doug '85 Westy

----- Original Message -----
From: "The Bus Depot" <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: I need an antenna...

> > I am in need of an antenna for an 89 Vanagon Carat
>
>
> A nice quality new antenna is very cheap.
>
> I have two later style Vanagon antennas (antennae?) that fully retract.
> These are the style that mounts on the front of the van, just below the
> windshield.
>
> FM09V, from Jopex/Denmark, has a silver base and silver mast, and is
> $8.95:
> http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=FM09V
>
> FM09VH, from Hella, has a black base and silver mast, and is $14.95:
> http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=FM09VH
>
> I put the Hella on my '89 Westy recently and it looks every bit as good
> as the VW one (but is fully retractable).
>
> Some early Vanagons have a side mounted antenna instead of a front
> mounted one:
> With black base, $8.95:
> http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=SM40
> With silver base, $17.95:
> http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=ZVW6
> Both have a silver non-retractable mast.
>
> - Ron Salmon
>   The Bus Depot, Inc.
>   www.busdepot.com
>   (215)  234-VWVW
>
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