But this one's nothing exotic. The rubber boot on the Mustang's AM/FM had weathered out and cracked. Water was getting in and reception went in the tank come wet weather. So... eBay to the rescue via a "Genuine Ford Parts" site and a $20 bill.
Top: Old and Busted. Bottom: The New Hotness.
Ignore the "Wash Me" written in the dirt.
The change-out was trivial, about as mechanically simple as any conventional threaded hand-tightened screw gets. Post-mortem on the old antenna revealed that, as long suspected, it does in fact incorporate a loading coil in the base. I've always been impressed by this radio system's performance. It makes late night AM DXing on quiet rural stretches of highway enjoyable, and a good way to pass the long hours of a nighttime drive.
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