modwise ariel upgrade

[ianfirmstone]

David Beer has kindly sent me a powered ariel to try out in the Cerbie. Has anyone ever fitted one before/got pictures?
cheers
ian

[RichB]

Fitted one to my Griffith - works a treat. What do you want to know? feel free to e-mail me, my address is in my profile. It's not difficult, the hardest part is feeding the co-ax cable inside the sill (unless you want to cheat and just run it under the carpet) which I didn't. Rich...

[ianfirmstone]

thats good news(about it working)which way did you attach the foil strip?..I was thinking of sticking it lenghth? ways or accross the car? under the rear quarter...
I think I need to run the wires down the centre tunnel of the cerbie though.. if i get stuck i mite mail you
cheers
Ian

[RichB]

If it's like mine the unit will require securing (with a jubilee clip) to the fuel inlet-pipe, David says this is because the tank (to which the inlet pipe is welded!) represents a large flat area of metal which is what aerials require to work. The position of this then meant I simply ran the antenna across the inside boot, up underneath the lip in front of the boot lid opening, if you see what I mean! Rich...

[ianfirmstone]

cheers Rich I'll give it a go this weekend.. praying for good weather!