I recently purchased a car cover for '68 california special. it presently has a standard front mounted antenna. the car cover manufacturer provided a small circular patch if I care to cut a hole in the cover for the antenna. I would rather not do this. is there a electric antenna when it retracts is flush to the surface that I can purchase to keep from doing this? would the antenna go up each time I started the car and down when turning the engine off?
hotwing
Just buy any electric antenna off of Amazon. I run one on my '68. If you don't have a modern stereo with an antenna power signal wire, you'll need to either wire in a relay or switch to activate it when you turn on the stereo.
Here's what I'm using.
Here's what I'm using.
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Standard Aftermarket Car Stereo Head Unit Wire Colors
Power Wires
Constant 12V / Memory Keep Alive — yellow
Accessory — red
Dimmer/illumination — orange w/white stripe
Ground Wires
Ground — black
Speakers
Right front speaker(+) — gray
Right front speaker(-) — gray w/black stripe
Left front speaker(+) — white
Left front speaker(-) — white w/black stripe
Right rear speaker(+) — purple
Right rear speaker(-) — purple w/black stripe
Left rear speaker(+) — green
Left rear speaker(-) — green w/black stripe
Amplifier and Antenna Wires
Antenna — blue
Amplifier remote turn on — blue w/white stripe
If not an aftermarket radio you must use switch/ relay to remote turn on antenna as WILIT stated.
Hope this helps,
Joe
Power Wires
Constant 12V / Memory Keep Alive — yellow
Accessory — red
Dimmer/illumination — orange w/white stripe
Ground Wires
Ground — black
Speakers
Right front speaker(+) — gray
Right front speaker(-) — gray w/black stripe
Left front speaker(+) — white
Left front speaker(-) — white w/black stripe
Right rear speaker(+) — purple
Right rear speaker(-) — purple w/black stripe
Left rear speaker(+) — green
Left rear speaker(-) — green w/black stripe
Amplifier and Antenna Wires
Antenna — blue
Amplifier remote turn on — blue w/white stripe
If not an aftermarket radio you must use switch/ relay to remote turn on antenna as WILIT stated.
Hope this helps,
Joe
My antenna broke off years ago and I fixed it with one that attaches to the broken stub with an Allen set screw. Now when I put the cover on, I find the Allen wrench next to the passenger seat and lay the antenna down next to the door sill. The car cover is reinforced with gorilla tape so the antenna stub doesn't poke through.
I'd skip the power antenna and just put a nylon antenna grommet on the car cover so the antenna can poke through.
I've seen too many broken power antennas to ever want one, unless its factory on a classic Caddy or Lincoln or something.
How To Install Car Cover Antenna Grommets | CarCoverUSA
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I've seen too many broken power antennas to ever want one, unless its factory on a classic Caddy or Lincoln or something.
How To Install Car Cover Antenna Grommets | CarCoverUSA
Mine looks like the one Retrosound has but I got it about 20 years ago, can't remember where and it was not very expensive.
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