[DMCForum] Re: Antenna placement.

["Joe OBrien" <joeyoseppijoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mike the later cars were made with the little louvre precut nice & 
neat for the antennas. The earlier cars that came with window & 
fender antennas had the rear antennas added later. Hence the reason 
for the rough look of the cutout on the drivers side fake vent where 
the antenna pokes through.

Joe

2524 & 16634





--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Mike Walsh" <yahoo@xxxx> wrote:
> I have a late '83 with the antenna in the rear. Behind the rear 
> windows (on either side) there are vents. The one on the right is 
> used to direct fresh air into the engine. My antenna is located so 
> that it extends from the left vent. I am almost sure (like most 
> things on the car) the vent was designed and made before the first 
> car went into production. To allow the antenna to use the vent 
> opening, a louver in the vent has been roughly notched to allow 
the 
> antenna to pass by it. I have looked at dozens of D's with the 
> antenna using this vent and everyone looked like it was notched 
out 
> with a file or rasp and each one was slightly different - I think 
> this was done on the factory floor.
> 
> I don't have the service bulletins in front of me, but this change 
> happened sometime in the '81 model year. Before that the antenna 
was 
> located in the windshield. There are also some bulletins that have 
> instructions for drilling out a location in the right front fender 
if 
> the windshield antenna did not receive a sufficient signal.
> 
> - Mike
> #17084

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