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
In a message dated 4/10/2004 8:36:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, JCantor791
writes:
>
>
> I discovered today that the reason that the radio in my '56 Sedan doesn't
> work is that the antenna is broken. Since I'm going to have to replace it
> anyway, I'd like to consider going back to a power unit such as the car was
> originally equipped (or so I understand).
>
> Can anyone provide me with information on the OEM antenna and sources for
> same or something equivalent?
>
> Thanks
> Jeff
> '56 Sedan
> Trenton, NJ
>
>
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