Thanks Gentlemen.
IIRC, that's one distinguishing factor between US and Canadian market
Vanagons. Antenna location.

Neil.

On 6/30/15, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:

> The factory hole would be oval, and on the driver's side.  That black spot
> could be from an owner's attempt at installing an antenna.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Neil N
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 3:15 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: New Vanagon: No Radio = No Antenna?
>
> Hi all.
>
> If a new Vanagon was sold without a radio, was an antenna installed
> regardless?
> My then new GM Firefly was sold as "radio ready" (antenna, speakers
> installed) but that's an apples to oranges comparison. Given the nature of
> the old Bugs I've owned, my guess is that the factory wouldn't have
> installed an antenna.
>
> I have my eye on a US located 1980 sunroof air cooled. The one image in ad
> shows a black spot at front clip where antenna would be:
>
> http://images.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/6300068.jpg
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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>
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>
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