"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:41:25 -0700 (PDT), Gregory Morrow wrote:
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>> Sqwertz wrote:
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>>> Hmm. Come to think of it, cars don't have external telescoping
>>> antennas any more, do they? I'm just too old school, I guess.
>>> I'd get eaten alive out there these days.
>>
>> Remember back in the late 50's - early 60's when remote - controlled
>> power radio antennae were a snazy option on cars...
>
> Just like the folding headlights. After about 8 months you had to
> wedge them permanently open.
>
> -sw

My '91 Regal had the antenna and it was probably one of the last. Worked
perfectly For a few years.
My grandson has a '95 Probe with folding lights. They close half way.