Anyone here have a genuine Canadian Pontiac 1965 AM antenna for sale? One that would have been front fender mounted.
There is a cheesy aftermarket antenna in place on my 65, and obviously the hole was drilled, and it was added later as the car came with a radio delete plate. So it's all garbage.
I'm not up to speed as to what will cross reference over the years. But I likely need everything from the mast to the radio lead in. If nothing here, what would I need to have it at least look correct on a 1965 Oshawa car?
Edit 5 12 20, have found one, but the mast plating is faded to nothing. Still interested in a better mast if there is one out there....
Any thoughts?
Thanks, Mark
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
I wouldn't have a problem with that amount, as long as it were correct.
I was looking through the Ames Pontiac book, and they repop them and what looks to possibly be all the parts. But are they correct for our Pontrolet's.
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
Mark, I will try to check tonight if 66 is the same. If so I can get you some good pictures.
Sad part is, I really want to put that delete plate in my car and pull my antenna out. I just hate the idea of messing with the paint (plug the hole and spot paint) but I might still do it and just put a plug in the fender where the antenna was. I never use my radio. I think I turned it on once to see if it worked.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
I wouldn't have a problem with that amount, as long as it were correct.
I was looking through the Ames Pontiac book, and they repop them and what looks to possibly be all the parts. But are they correct for our Pontrolet's.
Don't know if this is correct for your car,but might be worth contacting to find out.
I wouldn't have a problem with that amount, as long as it were correct.
I was looking through the Ames Pontiac book, and they repop them and what looks to possibly be all the parts. But are they correct for our Pontrolet's.
If I am right the Canadian antenna is not similar looking to the US version.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
This Canadian catalogue page shows the individual component numbers that I used to buy a 986103 rear antenna kit the piecemeal way on ebay, and along side them are the 5739216 front antenna kit numbers.
Canadian and US rear antennas are 986103 kits but the front antennas differ between Canada and the USA, with 5739216 being the Canadian front antenna kit number.
I think we both know what a tough search those 5739216 component part numbers would be unfortunately.
Mark, I started looking up numbers for 65-66 antennas on Canadian Pontiacs. My head is spinning worse the more I look....
One thing I can tell you for sure, the GM of Canada accessories catalogue says your 65 antenna is unique, it's 5739217. Some of the parts interchange from that accessory kit interchange with 66, some don't.
I believe we have a couple of members here with low mileage quite original 65's, so hopefully one of those guys will chime in here.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
That is NOT a Canadian Pontiac antenna for those years.
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
I wouldn't have a problem with that amount, as long as it were correct.
I was looking through the Ames Pontiac book, and they repop them and what looks to possibly be all the parts. But are they correct for our Pontrolet's.
If I am right the Canadian antenna is not similar looking to the US version.
Correct.
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
I took this photos of mine and while I'm not informed enough to speak of it's originality, Dave Anderson told me once that it was indeed a factory antenna. My car did come with the radio as an accessory. sorry for the photo size
I took this photos of mine and while I'm not informed enough to speak of it's originality, Dave Anderson told me once that it was indeed a factory antenna. My car did come with the radio as an accessory. sorry for the photo size
I'm quite sure that is exactly what the nut and mast looks like on mine.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
With your comment Carl, Kim's images and looking at some of the 1600 images I have of Canadian Pontiac's, from some of the better images of 65/66, it does appear they have that black nut.
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
I agree with everyone saying the black plastic nut antenna is correct for the front fender antenna on Canadian cars.
That plastic nut is the same as 58 Corvette, I bought an NOS one once for my car before I found out the rear antenna is the same as on US cars.
With your comment Carl, Kim's images and looking at some of the 1600 images I have of Canadian Pontiac's, from some of the better images of 65/66, it does appear they have that black nut.
Without going out to storage to absolutely verify I'm sure the black nut is correct.
I took this photos of mine and while I'm not informed enough to speak of it's originality, Dave Anderson told me once that it was indeed a factory antenna.
The only thing that would differentiate between your '65 Beaumont antenna and my '64 Parisienne antenna is the mast base mounting rings/gaskets or whatever you call them. Yours are flat and mine are contoured to fit on the ridge of my fender.
Mark's '65 Laurentian might also need these mast base contoured rings/gaskets to be mounted on his front fender.
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.