Strange find in the engine bay

[Mutley00]

This was found by my mechanic during a routine service. Any idea why the remains of an aerial should be there?

Thanks

[glow worm]

I thought aerials were installed in the front wings ... maybe the remains

[lancelin]

Really, they actually put a normal aerial in the wing rather than a pice of wire?!!!

[Lincsls1]

Is the car a Jap import?
I had a 300zx once that was a Jspec, and it came with an power aerial type thing in the front N/S corner of the actual bumper.
Rather than it being an actual aerial, it was a corner marker to allow the driver to gauge the position of the front N/S corner better when parking. Operated from a simple switch in the car.

[nawarne]

Driving back from Silverstone Classic ~3 years ago, seemed to loose radio reception.

Later in the week I removed N/S light panel to find something similar - - the (extended) mast was bent into the shape of the wing/nose and had snapped off from the base - explaining poor radio.

Why anyone would suppose a low rent aerial bent to a fairly acute angle would be a good idea beats me?? Replaced with one of the silicone flexi type.

Nick

[Mutley00]

glow worm said:

I thought aerials were installed in the front wings ... maybe the remains

Mines a small 'bee-sting' aerial in the middle of my boot. I thought they were all there.

Thanks for your replies chaps,

[nawarne]

Mutley00 said:

glow worm said:

I thought aerials were installed in the front wings ... maybe the remains

Mines a small 'bee-sting' aerial in the middle of my boot. I thought they were all there.

Thanks for your replies chaps,

The Tuscan S....from whatever date, had a DAB radio. The unit (on mine anyway) is on the drivers side of the boot - the bee-sting aerial is solely for that DAB radio. The telescopic jobbie I had for the (analogue) head unit was as described - fixed to N/S front wheel arch with mast extended into void over the front wheel.

Nick

[Englishman]

My Cerb had a similar arrangement at the rear with the am aerial extending from the boot into the roof via the c-pillar. Was equally surprised when I found it!

[spitfire4v8]

Englishman said:

My Cerb had a similar arrangement at the rear with the am aerial extending from the boot into the roof via the c-pillar. Was equally surprised when I found it!

Yes we used to do that at HHC . it worked surprisingly well. .. the std aerial was a rubbish amplified flexi (might have been T shaped) thing that was up near the rear view mirror.

[Mutley00]

spitfire4v8 said:

Yes we used to do that at HHC . it worked surprisingly well. .. the std aerial was a rubbish amplified flexi (might have been T shaped) thing that was up near the rear view mirror.

I can blame you for not removing it then, as you serviced the car for 15 years :-)https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/imgs/2.gif

[spitfire4v8]

Mutley00 said:

spitfire4v8 said:

Yes we used to do that at HHC . it worked surprisingly well. .. the std aerial was a rubbish amplified flexi (might have been T shaped) thing that was up near the rear view mirror.

I can blame you for not removing it then, as you serviced the car for 15 years :-)https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/imgs/2.gif

I was talking about the mod for the cerb that englishman referred too ..