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I bought my first 102" stainless whip, spring and ball mount in 1970. A local "seasoned" CBer offered to help me install the antenna on the left rear quarter panel on my '65 Nova. When I arrived at his home with all the parts, the first thing he did was separate the coil spring with a large screwdriver, and I just about blew a gasket! He told me he was looking for the braided wire inside the coil spring which connected the top area of the coil spring to the bottom area. No braided wire! He threw the spring into the trunk and told me to take it back to the store and buy a spring with the braised wire. What did I know? I thought he was joking, but he wasn't. Would the missing braided wire have made a difference? I'll never know. I was twenty-two years old, and he was pushing seventy, I did not challenge him, and I located a coil spring with the braided wire.
We installed the antenna and life was great!

<blockquote data-quote="Recon" data-source="post: 782922" data-attributes="member: 55589">I bought my first 102&quot; stainless whip, spring and ball mount in 1970. A local &quot;seasoned&quot; CBer offered to help me install the antenna on the left rear quarter panel on my &#039;65 Nova. When I arrived at his home with all the parts, the first thing he did was separate the coil spring with a large screwdriver, and I just about blew a gasket! He told me he was looking for the braided wire inside the coil spring which connected the top area of the coil spring to the bottom area. No braided wire! He threw the spring into the trunk and told me to take it back to the store and buy a spring with the braised wire. What did I know? I thought he was joking, but he wasn&#039;t. Would the missing braided wire have made a difference? I&#039;ll never know. I was twenty-two years old, and he was pushing seventy, I did not challenge him, and I located a coil spring with the braided wire.&nbsp;We installed the antenna and life was great!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Recon, post: 782922, member: 55589"] I bought my first 102" stainless whip, spring and ball mount in 1970. A local "seasoned" CBer offered to help me install the antenna on the left rear quarter panel on my '65 Nova. When I arrived at his home with all the parts, the first thing he did was separate the coil spring with a large screwdriver, and I just about blew a gasket! He told me he was looking for the braided wire inside the coil spring which connected the top area of the coil spring to the bottom area. No braided wire! He threw the spring into the trunk and told me to take it back to the store and buy a spring with the braised wire. What did I know? I thought he was joking, but he wasn't. Would the missing braided wire have made a difference? I'll never know. I was twenty-two years old, and he was pushing seventy, I did not challenge him, and I located a coil spring with the braided wire. We installed the antenna and life was great! [/QUOTE]

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