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Posted By: 67avion on 07/27/11 11:34am

Now if I can find the original antenna that fits into the crank....

Posted By: ticki2 on 07/27/11 06:24pm

67avion wrote:

Now if I can find the original antenna that fits into the crank....

Find 2 , mine is missing also. [emoticon]

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Posted By: JoeChiOhki on 07/28/11 01:45am

ticki2 wrote:

67avion wrote:

Now if I can find the original antenna that fits into the crank....

Find 2 , mine is missing also. [emoticon]

If it was that nice rotary unit like the ones that used to be on air stream trailers, I just threw one away a couple weeks ago.

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Posted By: garryk6 on 07/28/11 07:02pm

ticki2 wrote:

67avion wrote:

Now if I can find the original antenna that fits into the crank....

Find 2 , mine is missing also. [emoticon]

Was that a roof mounted or side mounted antenea?

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Posted By: ticki2 on 07/28/11 07:10pm

garryk6 wrote:

ticki2 wrote:

67avion wrote:

Now if I can find the original antenna that fits into the crank....

Find 2 , mine is missing also. [emoticon]

Was that a roof mounted or side mounted antenea?

It's a side or back mount . It's to the left of the door and goes into a 1-1/4 tube. I have everything but the head , the part that spreads apart. Older Airstreams had one similar .

Posted By: 67avion on 07/28/11 07:19pm

GarryK6 wrote:

Was that a roof mounted or side mounted antenea?

The antenna was mounted on the back of the camper, left of the door:
[image]

Inside was a lever for directing it towards the available TV stations:

[image]

You can imagine how cool this was in 1967.

Posted By: 67avion on 07/28/11 07:24pm

ticki2 wrote:

It's a side or back mount . It's to the left of the door and goes into a 1-1/4 tube. I have everything but the head , the part that spreads apart. Older Airstreams had one similar .

Send a photo. I'm not sure what you're missing aside from the antenna.

Posted By: ticki2 on 07/28/11 07:49pm

Posted By: ticki2 on 07/28/11 07:54pm

I'll try to get a better picture tomorrow . The only picture I've seen of one complete is on the SilverAvion web site under restorations 69 C-11

Posted By: 67avion on 07/28/11 08:16pm

It seems like a small detail, but its not. The darn "thang" that remains just stares you in the face. What to do?

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