Fw: [DeTomaso] Antenna Hole

[Daniel Schultz]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Schultz" <danielvschultz at earthlink.net>
To: <cengles at cox.net>; <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Antenna Hole


> Yep, probably should have had it welded shut.So much for the cheese Pebble 
> Beach crowd. They'd probably throw me out anyway for not having the 
> original undercoat on the car.:> I think I have to go to better stocked 
> hardware stores. I'll give the big ones a try.
>
> Thanks again everyone,
>
> Dan
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <cengles at cox.net>
> To: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 10:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Antenna Hole
>
>
>>
>> Dear Mike and Daniel,
>>
>> I have personal experience with this approach.
>> Good news: cheap and easy and can be painted to match the car so an 
>> aesthetically pleasing contrasting color.
>> Bad news: it seems to score *negative* points at those Pebble Beach 
>> concours and earn the scorn of the judges of good taste. :-)
>> I tried it for a couple of years and then succumbed to peer pressure and 
>> had the body shop do a proper fix. I can now maintain the standards of 
>> decorum in high pressure car show competition!
>>
>> ;-) Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
>>
>>
>>
>> ---- MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>In a message dated 10/3/06 5:56:49, danielvschultz at earthlink.net writes:
>>>
>>><<When I restored the body I left the antenna hole in place in the 
>>>fender.
>>>I've decided to go radio delete for the time being. Anyone know where I 
>>>can get
>>>some kind of chrome decorative cap insert to plug the hole? >>
>>>
>>>>>>It's as close as your local well-equipped hardware store. Before the 
>>>>>>one
>>>near my house closed down, I noticed that alongside their comprehensive
>>>collection of nuts and bolts, they had bins filled with all sorts of 
>>>rubber
>>>stoppers, chromed end caps for table legs, etc. etc.
>>>
>>>Mike
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