"Keith Hosman" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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"Keith Hosman" wrote:
"Keith KC8TCQ" callsign @ qrz dot com wrote in message
I've installed a few roof-mounts, but GM seems to be stingy when
it comes
to
steel. If you don't reinforce the roof with some 0.064 or better
it goes
'pong'
whenever you go above 20 mph.


My 75 Dodge I had a 102" whip with 4 inch spring mounted dead
center of the the front rail of the bed right behind the cab, and
to keep it from slapping into the back of the cab I put a tennis
ball on the whip just below the roof of the cab. Worked like a
charm with my old 148 GTL.

A friend of mine tried using a mag mount antenna on the roof of his
S-10, only problem is, he used a fiberglass whip which was a bit
too heavy and not flexible enough, combined with a weak mag mount.
End result, a Semi passed him, blew the antenna off the roof, it
(the magnet) came smashing through the rear window and gave him a
concussion.

I too have used stud mounts and reinforced the body with washers
and sheet steel. worked great.

Dumbest installation I have ever seen, a guy bought an older S-10
4x4,
it
needed some body work but not much, he went out and bought a roll
bar, had lights mounted on it, and mounted his antennas on it. It
looked really sharp, Only one problem, he never got around to
actually mounting the roll bars to his truck, one day he took off
from a stop light in Toledo trying to act like Mr Bada$$ leaving
Franklin Park Mall, his roll bars flew right out of the bed taking
the lights and antenna with them.

DOH! The weekend warrior stirkes again..did he kick a hole in the
muffler to make it sound race?


No idea, but you see alot of these fools around here, I saw a guy here in
Napoleon who took a mint condition 70 Corvette, and turned it into a
jacked up 4x4, modified the frame all to hell ect. This thing is
literally so far off the ground he has a rope ladder rolled up inside the
door, when he opens the door, he pulls the release, the rope ladder
unrolls and he climbs up. He even painted it some god awful orange color.
I'll try to take a picture of it next time he has it parked up at Family
Video.

Sheesh, a west viginia vette modification if I've ever heard of one..

Did he put is the gun rack? g