the power antenna on my 88 GTA does not work, the motor works fine but the nylon cable is in pieces. i attempted to fix it by JB welding in a new steel cable, sadly it went down once and the jb weld did not work.... so i have a question, is there a power antenna that will work to replace the whole thing or should i just buy the replacement cord that is meant for the antenna. i would rather not put in a solid antenna as i want to keep the car original-ish. any recommendations guys and gals?

 

FIRST OFF: I hate power electric antennas altogether... All though the lovely old antenna assemblies installed in our cars really were not all that grand even when NEW back in their day. The new/ remanufactured/ replacement assemblies are even worse. I'm sure someone here has replaced their antenna assembly with decent results from one of the sponsors... I'd search through the sponsors and go that route. :-D

 

Hawks Third Gen, thirdgen ranch, Classic Industries and Year One all sell the "replacement Mast" kits for the power antennas. You might also find one in a JY that's still in good shape. You can also post down in the classified section of this website, that's how I found my replacement antenna. Also look on Ebay as well. They're out there to be had.

 

Have you read all 4 pages of this?

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/hist...ld-thread.html

 

yeah i read that i guess im going to order the original replacement piece with the nylon, im just afraid it will break again. i can get it from hawks and also this site:

http://www.antennamastsrus.com/GM/Po...01988-1992.htm

its not too expensive, i just hope it will hold up.

THANKS FOR THE REPLY'S!!!