Just wondering if anybody has had any luck positioning a hidden antenna in an all steel F1. I'm thinking my only choices are something on the window, or possibly under the wooden box.

Thanks in advance.

 

Looking for ideas as well, we'll see what people say!

 

I have always liked a Frenched powered antenna in the back rear corner of the cab if the area isn't being used for the fuel filler neck.

 

I've seen a couple trucks with frenched antennaes in the front fenders. They both used the housing from an old shock absorber and simply welded it in, hiding 6-7 inches of the antennae inside the tube. Pretty slick.

 

Depending how strong a radio signal you have (flat terrain, no big buildings, etc) you don't need much for modern radios. Mine works with nothing more than a plain old (insulated) wire stuck in the center of the antenna jack, run along the firewall over the glovebox. But I have excellent radio signal strength.

 

Remember the thin wire antenna in the windsheilds? Maybe you can find one aftermarket. You wouldn't have anything protruding from the body parts then. Just an idea.

 

I mounted one of those flexible rubber antenna's , about a foot long, under the dash of my ******, it worked ok.

 

The old Jaguar Mk viii and ix had the antenna under the fender and it worked for them

 

You could try many different areas but as mentioned, depends where you are driving and what objects/terrain there are around you. You can install them hidden behind the grill or bumper but you might get RF EMI and not get all of your channels.

You can also do the windshieild mounted newer style then route the wire some way to the radio. It would mount behind the mirror and be fairly hidden (less visible than a body antenna)

 

My DD has an antenna built into the windshield and uses a signal booster as from the factory. Not needed in my area but it is designed to maintain signal strength in the mountains or where blocked by mountains/buildings/etc.

Rather than install on the windshield, I'd install one of the tape-on antennae onto the rear glass. Not like you can see much out of it anyway.

 

I looked on classic car radios I think and they have one that is like a small block with 8 ft. of cord. Not sure how well they work. About 30 bucks. Radio Shaft might have something suitable also.

 

My local hot rod shop says the hidden box antenna's work ok. You can find them in all sorts of catalogs. I'm going to try one when I install the radio. I'll probably mount it under the bed.

 

What if one put the antenna inside of a stake pocket in the bed? No surgery like frenching, yet hidden from view and is still a traditional, vertically mounted aerial mast.

 

Used 1 ft rubber ant under the wood bed on of the frame cross members
with radio in glove box
Joe

 

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On the window antenna, '51F1