Antenna - Rear Quarter

[camaroman1969]

Does someone know when factory installed radio antenna on rear quarter panel ??   Thanks!  Don

[jvb6648]

My 12E '68 came with one.
Jim

[camaroman1969]

Jim, What kind of radio is in your car??  AM/FM stereo?? Don

My 12E '68 came with one.
Jim

[Mike S]

  My 5E 67 has it. The rear antenna option was available in 1967 and was for AM only. Not sure of 68 or 69 if it was still limited to AM.

Mike

[jvb6648]

AM

Jim

[cook_dw]

I know of 2 68's both originally AM radios, both non spoiler cars & one was rear & the other was front..  So I'm not sure there was a standard for non spoiler AM cars...

All spoiler cars were front fender regardless radio
AM/FM were front fender
AM with no spoiler I've seen both ways...

[sdkar]

My 68 Camaro convertible with 250c.i. 6 cylinder, with manual steering, manual drum brakes, non-spoiler car had an antenna on the passender rear. 

[lakeholme]

When optiion U73 was ordered: antenna, manual, rear mounted, (AM only).

[lakeholme]

The Options PDF is always helpful on those kinds of questions.  Also look at D80 about the spoiler issue.
My 12D 68 does have U73.

Or are we all mistaking your question? Do you mean when it happened in the assembly process?

[camaroman1969]

Yes, that my question, When was a rear antenna installed at factory??  When option "U73" was selected?  I would assume.  Thanks

The Options PDF is always helpful on those kinds of questions.  Also look at D80 about the spoiler issue.
My 12D 68 does have U73.

Or are we all mistaking your question? Do you mean when it happened in the assembly process?

[JohnZ]

Yes, that my question, When was a rear antenna installed at factory??  When option "U73" was selected?  I would assume.  Thanks

The Options PDF is always helpful on those kinds of questions.  Also look at D80 about the spoiler issue.
My 12D 68 does have U73.

Or are we all mistaking your question? Do you mean when it happened in the assembly process?

Obviously, when the order specified U73, the plant installed it; Fisher Body installed the front-to-rear antenna cable in the body, and Chevrolet drilled the hole and installed the antenna base on the rear quarter panel.

[adjudimo]

My 03 1967 has U73 and rear antenna on passenger side.
J.R.

[miket1]

My Survivor 69 Z28, built 10B, 1968,  has rear antenna, it shows as an option on my original paperwork for $9.50,, has the original AM Radio that works great

[janobyte]

My 68 z ( no spoiler originally from factory ) had it in the rear  build date : 4th week in April.

[My68SS]

I can only imagine that they wanted the aerial for am/fm to be front fender mounted, in order to keep the aerial lead as short as possible for least signal loss at fm frequencies.