Factory antenna

Local order turned up.

This is what I ordered....
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This is what turned up

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Previous order from the US....

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This is what turned up

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Starting to see a pattern:confused:

Another dead end.
 
You might have to put at least three on the roof- along the leading edge!!
And a strobe light
 
Look what turned up:D ( no, not my lunch). 10 days from ordering to arrival:thumb:. From 'Classic Car Stereo' in the UK.
Whats involved in lowering the roof lining. Any tips before I manage to muck it up?20200924_131551.jpg
 
I thought this may be of interest, UK Optional Equipment supplied by Dealer price list dated October 197220200924_084038.jpg
The asterisk denotes includes purchase tax ( Before VAT was introduced) . I believe purchase tax was not applied to spares , but was to Radios and vehicles. My 1955 Land Rover station wagon was taxed at 50%
 
Look what turned up:D ( no, not my lunch). 10 days from ordering to arrival:thumb:. From 'Classic Car Stereo' in the UK.
Whats involved in lowering the roof lining. Any tips before I manage to muck it up?

You're not touching the headlining, only the leading edge, which is a separate piece.

Remove the rear view mirror, and the sun visors, and then push the piece forward to release the clips. You'll be able to see how it clips/pushes in by looking at it from outside the windscreen.
 
Wonder what a loaf of bread costs back then as a comparison . I was a bit young and on the other side of the world :LOL:
 
You're not touching the headlining, only the leading edge, which is a separate piece.

Remove the rear view mirror, and the sun visors, and then push the piece forward to release the clips. You'll be able to see how it clips/pushes in by looking at it from outside the windscreen.
I seem to recall that there is a small retaining screw at each end.
 
What a mission. First that damn mirror. After some faffing around, searched the forum.... Thanks again forum:thumb:.
Then the strip thing. Was partially glued to the windscreen rubber, After some murmurs about someones unknown lineage I manged to get some movement at one end and out it popped. Changing the antenna itself was a breeze. Putting the strip thing back was a bit of a mission too, trying to line up the holes. Ended up installing the black antenna as the footprint of the existing base was larger than the round antenna's footprint. 27 year covered up vinyl on the roof tends to show up a bit. Probably put the round one on the GT as it's got one of those hidden antenna's that's just rubbish unless your near a transmitter.(not that you can hear the radio when your driving, it just looks cool).
Photo to come.
 
Yep, One is my pick too. followed by four. To be honest, I don't think anyone would notice either way. These cars are so rare on the streets in NZ that the colour of the antenna wouldn't even register. Now I can spice up my life by changing antenna colour just to confuse people into thinking I've got 2 cars.....(soooo sad):rolleyes:
 
Having dislodged my antenna solid mount by adjusting it too forcefully a few weeks back I went through the process of removing the mirror, sun visors, "A" column finishers and screws at each end of the front headlining section, which was simple enough.
After re-securing the antenna the radio reception was rubbish, so removed the radio and antenna connection at the back to check it and almost concluded that the cable was fractured, so left it to heal for a couple of weeks.
We had an electrician doing some work in our home so I asked his opinion. Reception was ok when one of us was holding the cable and earthing it.
He thought that perhaps the jagged washer was not earthing to the roof properly because (after 51 years) the paint was too thick so I sanded that back. Partly fixed the problem but reception varied.
So sprayed WD40 on and sanded the antenna rods, to not much avail.

Then when cleaning the visors and headlining section I noticed a dent/impression in the mild steel headliner support panel where the screw section of the solid mount had been resting so sanded that and as they say in various aftermarket service manuals "offered it up" to the antenna. Reception immediately improved and when everything was re-installed and all the screws tightened reception is again perfect.

Conclusion: The headliner support panel is an integral part of the earthing circuit.

Could have saved a lot of fiddling and thinking time and frustration if I'd realised that earlier, so hope some-one else can benefit from this experience.
 
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