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 lnoska@xxxxxxxxxxxx Hauser, ID 83854 -----Original Message----- From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of JCantor791@xxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 8:08 AM To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: IML: Antenna Questions ' '56 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