Doesn't the power antenna go up when the radio is turn on and down when is
turned off? I am not familiar with that year of car. The switch sounds
like an after market add on, and not original equipment.
Lawrence R Noska
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Hauser, ID 83854
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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
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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
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