tfrazie
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Most of you all remember my trip to Quebec last summer after Westyfest I. I drove thru a bank ATM "garage" with the overhead clearance marked incorrectly. It read one foot higher than it actually was. It actually was in feet, not in meters for some reason. Looks like they came back after the fact and installed a lower piece of steel to prevent impact with the actual roof but failed to change the sign. Long story short, the bank paid me for a replacement antenna as well as installation costs after I sheered it off. I just got around to installing it after a year struggling with my neck and surgery.
Anyway, someone in our yahoo group posted a pic of a flush mounted boomerang antenna which looked pretty cool to say nothing of it's inferior performance (according to some). But I wanted to use the attachment plate Airstream so crudely installed up there for the original much higher boomerang antenna. This low profile model I bought on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150263604714&viewitem= was $57 plus ~$12 shipping. It only stands about 2.5 inches from it's base but is otherwise identical. I primed and painted it to match. Looks much nicer than the original very tall boomerang that had faded from white to yellow. Here's a crappy pic.
Anyway, someone in our yahoo group posted a pic of a flush mounted boomerang antenna which looked pretty cool to say nothing of it's inferior performance (according to some). But I wanted to use the attachment plate Airstream so crudely installed up there for the original much higher boomerang antenna. This low profile model I bought on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150263604714&viewitem= was $57 plus ~$12 shipping. It only stands about 2.5 inches from it's base but is otherwise identical. I primed and painted it to match. Looks much nicer than the original very tall boomerang that had faded from white to yellow. Here's a crappy pic.