I thought about doing it under the bumper mount as well, maybe even
rotatable so it could be turned so that it was behind the bumper. I mounted
mine under the parcel shelf, there are some holes and bolts already there, I
rigged up a mount. I am not sure if your car still has the parcel shelf.
There is a picture of an orignal radio install in a Healey 100 in Healey
Marque, May 2001, page 12, "Mel Torme Road Tests the Austin Healey" if you
dont have access I can try to scan it and E-mail it.
Greg Lemon
54 BN1
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patton Dickson" <kpdii@earthlink.net>
To: "'Greg Lemon'" <glemon@neb.rr.com>; "'healeys'" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:13 AM
Subject: RE: Antenna Revisited
> I saw the mirror/antenna combo on eBay and that was a great setup.
> Unfortunately, my car doesn't have fender mirrors, so I would be drilling
> holes for that :(
>
> What I am thinking is that I will run the antenna lead to the back of the
> car with the harness and run it out through the bumper grommet. I will
then
> make a L adapter to attach a small antenna off the bumper mount. That way
> I'm not drilling any holes, and can be removed quickly.
>
> What I haven't decided yet is how to mount the radio. I never did get
> anyone to send me a picture of a dealer installed unit for the 100-6 or
> early 3000. The sales flyer lists it as available, even shows a picture
of
> the radio out of the car, so someone must have one.
>
> Patton
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]
On
> Behalf Of Greg Lemon
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 8:35 PM
> To: healeys
> Subject: Re: Antenna Revisited
>
>
> From time to time it the subject of how to do an radio antenna on you car
> cames up, esp. for those who don't want to drill a hole in the car or have
a
> big old antenna towering over our low slung cars.
>
> I just wired up my antenna to the passenger side fender mount mirror, the
> outer part of the coax goes to ground, the inner to a grounded mirror.
The
> grounded mirror was easy, it was already on a rubber base, I wrapped some
> electrical tape around the base bolt and used a fiber washer under neat
the
> fender, probably about a 15 minute operation. I have a noise supressor
and
> antenna booster as well (cheapies from Wal Mart, but I don't think Wally
> world deals in such things anymore).
>
> Anyway the improvement over the dash grab handle, the former antenna, was
> drastic, doubled the number of stations I can pull and even get a little
AM
> (non before).
>
> Used an existing grommet so no extra holes or modes to the body.
>
> Got the inspiration from an antenna/mirror on e-bay a while back.
>
> Just an idea.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg Lemon
> 54 BN1
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