looking for a stepdown fender mount antenna

hoggyrubber

anyone have a stepdown fender mount antenna for sale?

hoggyrubber

well, i mean cowl by windshield next to drivers fender. anyone have a used one for sale?

53jetman

The factory suggested antenna (other than the normal roof mounted unit) for step downs was a fender mounted item that all but about four inches disappeared into the housing below the surface of the fender, and it extended up to about 36 inches above the surface of the fender.

SuperDave

Some late 54's had them (on left side) from the factory. They also had a brace bolted to the cowl panel under the fender. kinda hard to replace with the car assembled. LOL

hoggyrubber

i was looking for one for my 53. it doesn't have to roof antenna, but has what looks like a factory hole by the drivers fender. it has the flat part on the hole where it couldn't have been drilled. i can take a picture if anyone is interested. i would like to get a antenna for it to fill the hole!

[Deleted User]

I have an apparently dealer installed antenna on the left fender of my '53 Super Wasp.

hoggyrubber

here is the hole in my '53, which i thought was original. anyone know? maybe i'll just look for a older antenna of 50's vintage if i can't find a hudson one.

ski4life65

Don't think so....

53jetman

Hudson mounted all antennas for factory installed radios in the front center of the roof. They made a fender top antenna available to dealers for dealer installed radios that was to be installed in the top of the fender, just ahead of the front door, and had about a12 to 14" tube that contained most of the antenna when it was retracted (only about 4 inches of the antenna showed above the fender when it was fully retracted). The hole in your cowl would indicate to me that an aftermarket antenna was installed by someone on this car.

[Deleted User]

Here's a pretty good photo of my Super Wasp at the regional Kalamazoo meet last year (2012) showing the location of the probable dealer installed radio antenna. I also added a couple of closeups of the antenna taken today, May 11, 2013.

53jetman

1049superg - That's exactly what I was trying to explain above

hoggyrubber

thanks for the picture and explination. i guess i will just hunt for a vintage antenna to fill the hole. it funny, ever since i had the car i just asummed it was original.

[Deleted User]

The July, 1954 Hudson Service Merchandiser has intructions and illustrations on the installation of a fender antenna. Alex Burr has posted for viewing this and all other Service Merchandisers via (hetclub.org/burr/lithomepage.htm).