I saw the mirror/antenna combo on eBay and that was a great setup.
Unfortunately, my car doesn't have fender mirrors, so I would be drilling
holes for that :(
What I am thinking is that I will run the antenna lead to the back of the
car with the harness and run it out through the bumper grommet. I will then
make a L adapter to attach a small antenna off the bumper mount. That way
I'm not drilling any holes, and can be removed quickly.
What I haven't decided yet is how to mount the radio. I never did get
anyone to send me a picture of a dealer installed unit for the 100-6 or
early 3000. The sales flyer lists it as available, even shows a picture of
the radio out of the car, so someone must have one.
Patton
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Greg Lemon
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 8:35 PM
To: healeys
Subject: Re: Antenna Revisited
>From time to time it the subject of how to do an radio antenna on you car
cames up, esp. for those who don't want to drill a hole in the car or have a
big old antenna towering over our low slung cars.
I just wired up my antenna to the passenger side fender mount mirror, the
outer part of the coax goes to ground, the inner to a grounded mirror. The
grounded mirror was easy, it was already on a rubber base, I wrapped some
electrical tape around the base bolt and used a fiber washer under neat the
fender, probably about a 15 minute operation. I have a noise supressor and
antenna booster as well (cheapies from Wal Mart, but I don't think Wally
world deals in such things anymore).
Anyway the improvement over the dash grab handle, the former antenna, was
drastic, doubled the number of stations I can pull and even get a little AM
(non before).
Used an existing grommet so no extra holes or modes to the body.
Got the inspiration from an antenna/mirror on e-bay a while back.
Just an idea.
Regards,
Greg Lemon
54 BN1
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