Hello you Mk2 Jag minded people.
What is the consensus of opinion on aerial holes please?
I’m at the point where l could fill it in before a respray but being old school I’ve always been happy it being there. Any thoughts either way would be appreciated.
Thanking you in anticipation
Ron

 

If you filled it and you wanted to use the radio, where else would you put the hole if you weren't happy where Jaguar put it ?

 

Good point but as someone else pointed out, they were too busy listening out for warning noises to have any music on!

 

i've got an aerial, but if i didn't have a radio i would probably fill it.

 

don't fill it. Use a chrome snap-on cap to cover it, go to a plumbing fixtures store to find a cap.

 

I like listening to a good sounding engine. I've never used a radio in my Mk2 or XK. I listen to the radio in my Daimler because I can't hear the engine. I also use the radio in the X type - its engine is a 2.2 Diesel adopted from a van.

 

yes, good point. i removed the fender mounted mirror and added one closer to the door. i filled the hole with a small carriage bolt and painted it body color. now that several years have passed, i never give it a second thought.

 

I debated on what to do with the hole for the fender mounted aerial and ended up leaving it. My car had one of those hand-cranked Radiomobile antennas which I think is a nice period accessory. Unfortunately, mine is in pretty sad shape and seized up. If I can't find a decent one I will instal something that looks period, even if I don't have a radio (which I currently do not have). Some day I will find one.

 

Just buy a cheap manual aerial and fit it to the hole.
My Mk2 has one and a working radio.
My Mk1 has one but has never had a radio fitted.