Is this the same for all years do you think? Would be interested in knowing where you got the antenna (P mail is fine!)

Thanks
Jeff

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> On Jun 30, 2023, at 9:30 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Awesome tip for those seeking advice
> 
>> On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 5:43 PM Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I recently ordered a fully retractable antenna for my 1983 westy. The
>> others I have had over the years did not retract fully. They tore my car
>> cover and got bent doing this and that, and I decided to go retractable.
>> 
>> For those who have never fooled with such, think of the difference as this:
>> if you consider the mount through the front of the car, the sheet metalwith
>> the hole that the antennainstalls through as "ground level," the standard
>> antenna lives 100% above ground. Beneath the sheet metal, under the dash,
>> there is nothing but the cable to the radio. Everything telescopes into the
>> six or eight inches of aerial protruding above the mounting point.
>> 
>> The fully retractable antenna, on the other hand, lives "below ground
>> level." That is, everything telescopes into a tube that hangs down from the
>> mounting point, all stored within the underdash area of the car. Almost
>> nothing sticks out on top.
>> 
>> The problem you will encounter making this switch is that there is not
>> enough room to fit the underground part of the aerial between the big front
>> stiffener (that runs behind the grill on the interior of the car) and the
>> sheet metal it protrudes up through. But not to worry! VW, even on my old
>> 1983, put a rectangular rubber grommet in place in a hole in the top of the
>> big front stiffener, exactly below the hole in the front sheet metal. Ths
>> hole allows the antenna to extend down through the rectangular hole, once
>> the plug is removed, and give the "underground" part of the aerial a place
>> to live.
>> 
>> Probably everybody but me knew that the rubber grommet and the hole was
>> there to allow the installation of a fully retractable antenna, but in case
>> not, I'm letting you know how it is possible to install one.
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
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