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Hi. Does anyone know wot brand the electric aerials are that are in VB VC VH SLE's as well as WB statesman. (The bullet tip aerial) And where can I get a new mast.
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I think the brand might be Harada. Try a car audio shop as they should have a supplier, or find a good second hand one.
Unless you want to stick with the bullet tip I would recommend going to a Eurovox antenna as fitted to the VLs which is a much quieter more reliable unit. I fitted one to a mate's VH SL/E and fitted a diode in between the two wires to make it work with the factory antenna control module (so it goes up 1/3 of the way when the radio is powered on, all the way down with power off and 'manual' operation with the dash switch). The chrome bezel and nut on the top still looks the same, it is just the tip that is the giveaway. Aerpro masts are compatible for the Eurovox antenna and are still available new.
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I've never had a brand label remain on a VH SL/E aerial, as they didn't have the splash guards to protect them like later commodores. They are just a big, chunky, mud-encrusted box!
From wrecking out a few Calais over the years, I've found early VK had a Philips brand aerial, which appears to be physically identical in the housing & motor design to the regular VC/VH SL/E ones - it is a big rectangular box type housing, with a cylindrical motor mounted vertically on it, with the whole housing being a yellow-zinc plated finish. It is slightly different to the VH electrically - the Philips VK one operates like the later Eurovox ones, as Rhys mentioned. These were also in Camira SL/Es from the era - just the escutcheon for the guard is different.
VL eurovox (and later VK) are a far superior aerial, but are hard to find. They are much more compact than the early type - a small plastic "pancake" type gearbox housing, with a round yellow-zinc cover on it, and with a flattened cylindrical motor (like the shape of the bosch power window motors in the VH).
While VL are hard to find, VN-VS, or VT-VZ eurovox aerials are far more readily available. There are slight differences in the top nut & mast diameter between VN-VS & VT-VZ - hence why I have listed the types seperately. Both types can still be used as a retro-fit, but VN-VS fits better. These VN-VZ Eurovox ones are the same in the body, and electrically, as a VL one, but the mast has a black plastic barrel tip, not a metal one. All the replacement masts (Aerpro AP250) have plastic tips as well. |
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For anyone that's interested, this shows a clear photo of the brand label on the HQ-WB and VB-VH aerials: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Hold...ric-Aerial-/181103732157Preserved from being in the boot!
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