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Re: MGB Covers / Antennas

To: BobMGT@aol.com
Subject: Re: MGB Covers / Antennas
From: mgb.roadster@juno.com (Larry A Hoy)
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 01:30:58 -0700
I installed a power antenna.  I bought it from JC Whitney for about $50. 
Works great.

Larry Hoy (MGB.Roadster@juno.com)
Denver, CO USA
1969 MGB Roadster
1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas
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On Sun, 21 Dec 1997 21:29:16 EST Bob MGT <BobMGT@aol.com> writes:
>In a message dated 97-12-21 12:41:16 EST, you write:
>
>> OK I'll bite. How, when you put a cover on the car do you handle the 
>
>>  antenna? I have a cover for the Midget that I used for several 
>years. 
>>  Then wthis last spring when I got it runnin' again I have not used 
>the 
>>  cover 'cuz I put the antenna back in and am not sure about cutting 
>a hole 
>>  in the cover for it to go over the spike. Well, what would you say?
>>  
>
>Simple, when the car was in the shop I had the body man do an
>antennalectomy. I can't find anything I like on the radio anyway.
>Remember you don't need an antenna to listen to a tape or CD.
>I bet a guy could mount one of those short rubber duck antennas
>inside behind the seats somewhere. Even if the top bends it over
>a little, so what. One could even duct tape a length of wire to the
>inside of the top. Take a look at the late model cars, a lot of them
>have radios with no visible antenna. The antenna is actually a thin
>wire embedded in the window glass.
>
>Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
>EMAIL - BOBMGT@AOL.COM
>52 MGTD - under DIY restoration NEMGTR #11470
>71 MGB   - AMGBA #96-12029, NAMGBR #7-3336
>

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