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Re: [Healeys] brake switch

To: Roland Wilhelmy <rwil@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] brake switch
From: I Erbs <eyera3@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:44:08 -0700
why not attach the antenna to the rear bumper with clamps,

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Roland Wilhelmy <rwil@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Early BN1s have an aluminum rear deck lid, but if you have a steel lid
> you can use magnets.  The type that are used to mount CB and ham
> antennas are very strong.  They have a suitable plastic cover to keep
> the magnet from scratching paint.  Or, if you have a removable rear
> luggage rack you could mount the brake light to it.  I would be
> nervous about setscrews distorting the almost pure aluminum of a deck
> lid.  I haven't tried to see if a bar of steel under an ally lid would
> link to a sufficiently strong magnet ....
>
> -Roland
> early BN1
>
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:36:14 +0200, you wrote:
>
> ::Hi all,
> ::would suction cups be a solution? I bought a third brake light in the
> USA,
> ::only to find out it was a rigid construction which could not be bent to
> ::follow the shape of the body. I ended up fitting the brake light in my
> daily
> ::car, a Citrokn Break, but I still keep thinking about a possibility to
> mount
> ::a third brake light onto my BJ8 without drilling holes.
> ::Has anyone on this list ever used soft pvc suction cups to hold something
> ::onto a driving car?
> ::Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
> ::1964 BJ8 29432
> ::
> ::2010/4/12 Al Fuller <al@bighealey.org>
> ::
> ::> Sara:
> ::>
> ::> You might try using a set screw in the underside of bracket, which
> would
> ::> pinch upwards into the underside of the boot lid, thus securing the
> bracket
> ::> and light assembly.
> ::>
> ::> Many deck lid antenna brackets use this system, and the only usual
> downside
> ::> is you will/might bite through the paint under the deck lid at the site
> of
> ::> the set screws
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