I placed a metal eyelet on the cover so that the antenna will go through
and the cover will lay flat.
Monty
Steve Byers wrote:
>
> Larry Macy wrote:
>
> > OK I'll bite. How, when you put a cover on the car do you handle the
> > antenna? I have a cover for the Midget that I used for several years.
> > Then wthis last spring when I got it runnin' again I have not used the
> > cover 'cuz I put the antenna back in and am not sure about cutting a
> hole
> > in the cover for it to go over the spike. Well, what would you say?
> >
>
> My antenna is two pieces. Where they fit together there are "teeth" on
> each piece so that the angle of the antenna can be adjusted with respect to
> the base. The teeth are held in contact with a screw. When I want to put
> the cover on, I loosen the screw and rotate the antenna to lie parallel to
> the windshield on the cowl. No hole in the cover is required.
>
> Steve Byers
> Havelock, NC USA
> '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
> "It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool,
> than to speak, and remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain
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