"Robert Blass" <blame@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:24:29 -0700, "Ted Mittelstaedt"
> <tedm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> sayd the following:
>
>>
>>"Robert Blass" <blame@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>> 2002 Taurus of mine has a whip antenna. I was wondering if it can be
>>> replaced with a Telescopic antenna? Is it difficult to find a
>>> telescopic antenna for this car? Is it difficult to replace it?
>>>
>>
>>They are made with a long thin fiberglass rod that is rolled up
>>and down by the motor at the bottom, the top of the rod
>>is covered by the metal antenna. After a period of time the
>>rod snaps off at the transition from rod to metal-covered rod.
>>The assembly itself is very expensive and you don't get more than
>>3-5 years out of it.
>>
>>Ted
>>
>
> Ted mine 'appears' to be a standard whip antenna with no motor.
> I was wanting to replace it with an after market telescopic antenna
> and was wondering how difficult that would be to do.
>
> thanks.
>
>
Robert,
Are you looking for a simple telescoping antenna like the older cars used
to
have, or a motorized "hidden" antenna as a replacement for your current
whip?
The motorized ones can be had from just about anywhere such as
J.C.Whitney,
are (well, used to be) relatively cheap, and as an install in a car that
didn't have one before, not that easy to install. Tried to put one on an
old
Chevy Nova I had and couldn't keep it from binding for more than a couple
of
weeks. Plus the radio I had in it didn't have the antenna control wire so
I
wired it to an ignition-switched lead. (The radios with the antenna
control
extend it when the radio is turned on and retract it when off.)
I also replaced the existing one in a Ford Probe I had, and, like Ted
said,
it lasted about 3 1/2 years before the inner rod broke. I put a solid whip
on it then.
Either way, good luck with your endeavor.
SC Tom
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