Does anyone know how the ball at the end of the antenna is attached (I assume it is a press fit). As you can see, from the pic, the tip is bent. I'm going to try and straighten it but if it breaks, I can cut and re-attach the ball if it can be removed. Any thoughts??
Why not try a couple pair of vise grips to see if it will un-screw?!
If not... heat it really good and try to straighten it.
OR just leave it IF you break it!
OR leave it like it is(great conversation starter)
OR...just go buy a new one(not expensive at all)!
6sally6
LOL!! Actually it was moving about 5 feet/minute..........started touching the ceiling in the garage as I raised it on the hoist. I'd really like to find a replacement one that is about 6" shorter OR shorten mine but I can live with just not going up quite as high.
Wow, that jogged an old memory- Back in the seventies, I was in a junkyard, (remember them?) and a guy came up to the owner and asked to buy the antenna ball from an antenna, he insisted he only wanted the ball, didn't need the whole antenna.
The owner threatened to put the dogs on him if he didn't get off his property in 30 seconds. After he left we all had a good laugh, it was one of those events in life you never quite forget.
I think you could straighten it pretty close to perfect given a little time OFF the car. I wouldn't do it with pliers
or vice grips. Maybe a wire bending jig used very carefully.....
I think one of the Mustang antennas collapses more than the other. Don't have the Master Parts Catalog as
I'm on a business trip. Maybe a C5ZZ prefix on the earlier antenna and C8ZZ on the later? Anyway,
there was an earlier antenna for the 65/66 and a later part number for the 67/68. (And
there was another service antenna that had a square base too. Not talking about that one) One of the
differences between the 65/66 and the later, nearly identical design was the way the mast collapses.
I think one of them might go farther down? You'd have to check to see if it would be an advantage or not.
And to answer your question I think the end tip/ball is just shoved on there (interference fit).
Our '68 had just a sharp tip from fall of 1968 until I replaced the assembly around 1983 or so.
I got this ant because it looks close to the original but it is a solid shaft but the real reason I like it you can unscrew the mast. The price is great too.
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