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<font face="Century Gothic">I followed Joel's post years ago and still
have my power antenna in my '88 Vanagon.<br>
The whole trick is to used the old antenna cable to pull in the new one.<br>
I did have to cut some metal behind the left headlight for the power
motor.<br>
<br>
But, it works great and gives you something to play with on those long
trips...<br>
antenna up.....antenna down.... antenna up..... antenna down....<br>
<br>
Todd<br>
'88 Vanagon GL<br>
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joel walker wrote:
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    <blockquote type="cite">If you are up for a challenge and know some
blue words, you could
      <br>
install a power
      <br>
antenna and no one will ever be able to break it again. Of course,
      <br>
Trixie will have to
      <br>
find a new place to "hang out".
      <br>
I installed one in my '90 years ago, and it worked great until the
      <br>
tape inside broke.
      <br>
Found exact replacement at Checker. Replacement for the whole
      <br>
antenna, that is,
      <br>
impossible to find the repair part.
      <br>
But, it does involve cutting of sheet metal, drilling, running
      <br>
wires, band-aids, etc.
      <br>
And my radio had a connection for a power antenna, so it is all
      <br>
automatic.
      <br>
Well, OTOH, maybe sticking with a manual one is best, and as Rob
      <br>
said remove the ash
      <br>
tray and instrument cluster for better access.
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    <br>
anybody who does want to install a power antenna, here's my older
    <br>
version of it ... mine wasn't toooo difficult, but like jerry said,
    <br>
it does involve a bit of cutting ... i had to cut a notch&nbsp; in the
    <br>
metal shelf, behind and above the headlight bracket, on the driver's
    <br>
side of the bus. not a biggie, just like 1/2inch x 1/2 inch, and it
    <br>
was just to enlarge the already-there hole where the original
    <br>
antenna went through ... the power antenna had a bump on one side,
    <br>
so the notch was needed.
    <br>
here's my old write-up about it ...
    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
power radio antenna:&nbsp; started with an ad in a magazine for Fuba
    <br>
antennas. 1-800-637-0222 for info. turned out to be a place called
    <br>
Antenna World. they sell wholesale only. so i had to get my local
    <br>
parts place to special order it.&nbsp; the part you want (might want to
    <br>
phone again to double check) is SJ-3FB Antenna (black), and D-57
    <br>
Head Kit 57 degrees (to accommodate the angle of the Vanagon front).
    <br>
when it came in, it was less than the fellow had told me to expect:
    <br>
he said about $80 for the antenna ... it was $60. only modification
    <br>
i had to make on the car was to file out a little notch on the side
    <br>
of the hole in the sheet metal (behind the headlight) to accommodate
    <br>
a little bump on the side of the antenna. then 'just' wire it up and
    <br>
connect to radio. i put a on-off switch on the dash (down under the
    <br>
'lip') so now i can raise or lower it when i want ... like for car
    <br>
washes or leaving it parked for a while. note: all this assumes that
    <br>
your antenna is the standard vw and is mounted on the front of the
    <br>
car. mine was on the drivers side, but i can't see why this same
    <br>
antenna would not work on the passengers side. you could also do
    <br>
without the D-57 Head Kit if your vanagon has a factory antenna
    <br>
already. i just used the vw parts off the old antenna.
    <br>
    <br>
good luck!
    <br>
unca joel
    <br>
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