Fox antenna delete question............

[dreddstang]

I remember seeing a kit so that if you put the ant. delete plate (like the '93 R model) onto your Fox, you could then run some type of wire under the trim at the bottom of your windsheild. This wire would pick up your radio stations (obviously after it was connected to the radio).

Anyone else seen this?

Does it work well?

Where is it available?

 

[HISSIN50]

i dunno and am too lazy to look it up. the subscribe feature doesnt seem to work, nor do email notifications, really. so free bump.
im curious about the performance of it. i dont know what it looks like, but if its something like the '80's GM antennas that were like a defroster line in the windshield, i always thought they sucked (no range or clarity).

 

[FiveOhhStang]

Theres a kit somewhere that is just the wire(which connects into the radio), and a little box that would pic up the signal that you could place anywhere...cant remember where ill look around for ya...I think texas mustang was the place.
-Nick

 

[PonyGrl420]

My b/f has the antenna delete on his SN95. He now has the on that you stick on the windshield. Works really good. It was like $30 at Precision Audio

 

[whitenblu89]

www.50resto.com has the delete kit

http://secure.50resto.com/product1.cfm?SID=1&Product_ID=1312&Category_ID=1108

 

[bmo37]

thats just a cover, i'm looking for the same thing I actually shaved the antenna completely with body filler, sanding and primer.

 

[ALMOST STOCK]

This is the one I installed.
http://www.mustangdepot.com/OnLineCatalog/Audio/hide-away_antenna.htm

 

[raininfire]

Your looking for a "hidden antenna". I know autoloc makes one, if you pic up a hotrod magizine you will see a bunch in there for around 30 bucks. You can hide it inside the a-pillar if you want. I plan on doing this when it gets warmer. -J

 

[TwoToneTerror]

Off topic, sorry, but raininfire, how's it going with the lambo doors? Get 'em to work yet? If so your gonna have to post pics man,

To make some kind of contribution to this thread though, personally i've never noticed a antenna as being in the way or inturupting a body line, i just sorta figure it's on of those things that's allways there and don't give it much thought. But i guess it could look neater w/o one. What i did once to my bro's cordoba (big boat 'o a chrystler) was just take out the antenna, and then shove it in the quarter pannel in that gap, it'd rattle like a son of a gun, but i do remember that it still picked up some radio stations, not as good as before but not half as bad as w/o an antenna. just an idea...

-Bart

 

[90mustangGT]

That flagpole comming out of the right fender is kind of an eyesore, I agree.

A lot of places sells an windshield antenna. You can also mount an antenna in the inside the body panel as mentioned before. Some are amplified, so they will pick up better than the stockers.

 

[FreeGT]

I just cut mine shorter. Took me like 10 min. It is ALOT cheaper then filling it in, and looks much better. Mine is probably around 16 inches and is level with the roof.

 

[HISSIN50]

i did the same idea as Free. autozone sells a little stubby that looks like a car phone antenna or something. its the one with the little spirals (to get the requisite length). its maybe a foot tall. looks decent on the vert. cost 5 bucks and threads right on.
just an idea. i had forgotten about the ugly stocker. that thing was horrible. i think i hit some freeway overpasses with it.

 

[goldbomb79]

i bought the hidden antenna for 30 bucks from 5.0resto and welded in a pice of sheet metal on my underside of the fender. used some fiberglass filler and some glazing compound and it looks sweet. I didn't like the whole plug concept. it looked cheesy imo.

 

[Smokedawg]

You cant really hear the radio in my car anyway. I had the hole welded up..

 

[HISSIN50]

Smokedawg, that is all well and good if you like to have a nice, clean lookin stang. some of us dont want that. LOL, J/K man. your ride looks great.
if i was better at body work, i would have gone with gloss black. awesome lookin ride!

 

[FreeGT]

Look here for detailed instructions on making your own shorty, w/out the autozone spirals http://mustangworld.com/ourpics/fcar/antenna1.htm

 

[bmo37]

can't beat the no antenna look period, don't care how short your rod is lol

 

[dreddstang]

I have a shortened antenna that was on the car when I bought it. It would'nt pick up anything so I took it off and went to a junkyard to get a stock one.

Almost Stock, that is kinda what I want, and put the delete plate on the fender. I'd rather hide it somewhere else though. I will look into the Hod Rod books. Thanks, anyone else got pics?

 

[siege]

smokedawg, sexy car btw. and yeah, no antenna looks so much nicer than a shorty. I'm probably gonna delete the antenna off the fender and put one of the really small (4") ones on the roof near the back...just need a new fender first cause its popped out right now (unless anyone knows a way to pop it back into shape?)