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Old Jun 9, 2023 | 12:13 AM
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Hey Guys,
Anyone here who's repaired their antenna, where did you source the plastic drive cable.
Oddly, nothing is showing up on eBay for this. Plenty for other years, makes & models but not for the '78 style power antenna.
Appreciate any and all input.
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The repair cables use to come from Ken at K&B Corvette Products in GA, the same company that use to repro the power antennas, along with a lot of other Delco licensed parts like the TI amp, gauges, coils, etc. I'm not really sure what's happening with him or if he's still reproducing any parts. The website's been down for a while and a lot of stuff they were making seems to have dried up. If you want to give Ken a call his number is (was?) 770-777-1031.
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Hi Greg

Forum member KapsSA is the expert on Antennas .. I have a document i prepared where i have taken his instructions and added photos of when i did my repair. It has a link to the cable & supplier i used

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Thanks guys
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@KapsSA helped me with my 79 which had 78 antenna.
his advice here..and well used and still working
https://www.theantennasource.com/CHE...%201978.html#2

thread here.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-wiring-2.html
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