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Fully Automatic Car Aerial from Maplin

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 12:10
by UKPhilTR7
<font face="Verdana"><font color="black">I have seen this at Maplin that seems to be a good price compared to the rest that I have seen at nearly £100
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http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Mod ... &U=strat15

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 15:51
by stevie_a
<font color="purple"><b>I have one the same but not from Maplin

they are good ...[8)]</b></font id="purple">

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Posted: 19 Sep 2008 16:01
by john
should be ok i have a simular one from fleebay £100 you must be joking

[8 whole cylinders worth of punch to ram the world through the windshield and out the rear view mirror. Car & Driver]
1981 Grinnall TR7 v8
1981 Black FHC
1979 & 1980 Black Premium FHC(laid to rest) Sorry :-(
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John

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 22:41
by bmcecosse
Your TR7 fails it's MOT on a zillion things - and your main concern is the radio aerial? Hmmmm.

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Posted: 20 Sep 2008 11:08
by busheytrader
In my opinion, the fewer electrical items there are on a 28 year old car, the less there is to go wrong. Then again I haven't had a radio in it for a few years!

I have central locking though. I can lean into the middle of the car and unlock both doors....

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 18:05
by paul w
I got one of those from Maplins,works just fine at a good price too.
Hardly ever check to see if it works as i'd rather listen to the 4.6
roar its head off down the Essex A & B roads!!

See ya. Paul


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Posted: 20 Sep 2008 22:12
by UKPhilTR7
Lol yep the mot is now out of my hands as at the garage now, but noticed this before she went to have her mot and I thought it would pass. How wrong was I??
Must admit I thought it was a good price though.

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 15:49
by macutmore
I had an aftermarket Maystar electric aerial on mine for many years (virtually identical to the Maplin one), but removed it recently because I couldn't get a replacement element for it. (if damaged the element is easily and inexpensively replaced if you can get one). It worked a treat and was very reliable. I was going to buy the Maplin one but instead found a genuine (manual) Unipart original aerial on eBay. Slightly longer it gives great reception with my original radio.

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 16:02
by bmcecosse
Hope your MOT goes ok Phil - and not too expensive!! Then you can sit back in the car in the cruise at 70mph - and listen to the wireless!

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