Antenna Questions ' '56

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

I would think that a nice used antenna from any '57-63 Imperial would work 
nicely. There is always, J.C. Whitney or your local parts house for a brand new 
one.

Enjoy!

Paul

In a message dated 4/11/2004 11:07:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, JCantor791 
writes:

> 
> 
> Paul,
> 
> Good point.  I should have clarified my situation:  As I understand it, my 
> car did at one time have a power antenna.  There is a toggle switch on the 
>lower 
> left side of the dashboard which the PO suspected (and I believe some folks 
> here concurred) was for the antenna.  Who installed this device and when, 
>I'll 
> probably never know but I figure since the switch is already there and not 
> doing anything useful, I might as well use it for this purpose.
> 
> Jeff
> '56 Sedan
> Trenton, NJ
> 
> 
> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 23:01:21 -0400
> From: RandalPark@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: IML: Antenna Questions ' '56
> Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I do not know of any '56 Imperial's that had a power antenna from the 
> factory. That doesn't mean that they didn't offer one, but the sales 
>literature, 
> owners manual, and shop manual don't discuss one either.
> 
> The ones that I have seen were either added at the dealer when the car was 
> new, or were added later by a previous owner. The most sympathetic 
>installation 
> I have seen had a small chrome push button under the dash that didn't show. 
> Others that I have seen did not look very good. 
> 
> Other than the location of the switch, there is nothing really to hide. I 
> wouldn't recommend one that disappears into a little hole in the fender. Any 
>that 
> would have been installed on a '56 would have had an exposed bulb and small 
> amount of the antenna showing on the top of the fender once it was in the 
> lowered position.
> 
> Paul
> 
>