RE: {Chrysler 300} Antenna

Except for remote adjusting mirrors most mirrors were installed on the car, at delivery, with the driver behind the wheel who would say "that's good" as a tech moved it about the fender. I have a 63 Galaxie with two mirrors that show nothing at all of value to driver.

My F radio with rear antenna picks up one station and I'm in a metro area, so I tend to agree the long lead in might be a problem. Generally FM can be picked up with even no antenna if the signal is strong given the tiny wavelengths. AM really needs an antenna to work.

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Subject: RE: {Chrysler 300} Antenna

My Parade Green C was ordered with twin rear antennas but was cancelled at the factory for some reason and the code for that was stamped (XXX’ed) out on the data tag.

Weird Huh?

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Subject: Re: {Chrysler 300} Antenna

I wondered about that , perhaps when you ordered power due to size it just went to back ? Like noted already? which I think looks great , as do twin antennas on the fins on D . (? what about that ?) However if you upgrade the radio to FM within the F housing ( another story ) I do not think FM likes the long antenna cable . It can be tuned to work on AM but may be a problem on FM .

There was a rumor back then that as radios got better in AM ( ours are pretty good) that static from the engine was picked up a lot more with front antennas , probably true . I saw a service bulletin once about jumping around the hood hinge with a copper wire , —- I am not sure when suppressor wires came in too . If you look at old JCW catalogs there are a lot of period devices “ to cut static “ . Corvettes really suffered from this— why all the shielding .

related to the right mirror , I have a car wherein the mirror seems on correctly ( same as other side) but the glass will not turn enough clockwise looking down on it to aim it right ? becomes a decoration .

May be aftermarket , but looks period(?) but no other holes in fender and both sides match ( relating to where they put them , if dealer ?)

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On 21 Nov 2021, at 7:22 am, Bob Merritt <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yes, the dealer installed the manual antenna and
the location varied.
My F has the manual antenna on the driver side front fender.

Bob

On 11/21/2021 12:20 AM, Nick Taylor wrote:

There isn't enough room in the front fender for the power antenna. They did put the power antenna in the fender on the Imperials. The power antenna is more protected in the trunk though.

Interestingly, the regular antennas did not come installed on the cars. The dealer installed them. I have a bulletin that covers it and explains that it is so they can take a radio from one car and put it in another that a customer wanted.

You'll see the manual antennas mounted in different places on the front fender. The dealer was supposed to use a template and it was different if the car had the right mirror. My 60 wagon came with the right mirror and the antenna is in the wrong place and hits the mirror. My 300F didn't come mirrors but the dealer installed them and the antenna.

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 5:25 PM Kim Garnett <chryslerf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Why is the antenna on a 300F sometimes on the front fender and sometimes on the rear fender? --
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