Max:
Sir, you are about to hear about the antenna on a 1964 Crown Coupe, not
your beloved 62. The power antenna on a 64 does go all the way down into
the mast receiver cup - if the control is held until fully depressed. There
should be no 'error' if it is not all the way down. The design was so that
IF the owner were to go through a power car wash, the 'ropes' of the brushes
would not catch the antenna thus destroying it. Yet, if it were only
exposing 1 or even 2 inches of antenna, there would not be much to catch on.
Only in severe competition today would the judges be concerned with the
position of the antenna and, even then, that it was there (up) to be judged!
Remember, in certain types of competition, a convertible top MUST be in the
raised (up) position to be elgible for competition. Since we're not at
Concours, I might be inclined to say that what ever position / height that
you desire is where it should be. Do what you want! Now, remember, Max,
this is from the radical owner of pristine show piece just recently out of
20 years in a museum! Thanks for listening, ne
-----Original Message-----
From: Maxiudo Ulrich <mind_probe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 11:50 PM
Subject: IML: '62 Crown Power Antenna Question
>
>fellow imperialists,
>
>i have a quick question about the power antenna on a '62 crown. were they
>built to fully retract into the "bulb" of the unit, or were they built so
an
>inch or so of each section remained showing even after the unit was fully
>retracted? as you might guess, my power antenna goes down all the way, but
>it leaves a little of each section showing when fully retracted rather than
>disappearing into the "bulb" or chrome base of the antenna unit.
>
>if mine is not working right, i'm up for suggestions. i assume that the
>mast kits for these units are tough to find.
>
>thanks for your thoughts.
>
>max
>
>1962 crown southampton four door
>
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