New Power Antenna and Dash lights

In prep for a little road trip, I finally replaced the rubber temporary antenna.

The original broke off in a car wash --so common with these. The mast was broken and the motor fried. So I ordered a used Hershman power antenna off Ebay and it arrived yesterday.

So here is the "new" power antenna. Came off a "99 model. Love these cars as the series spans 11 years and the parts are interchangeable.

Now the fun begins, had to rip the trunk apart and remove the old antenna.

And here is the finished product!

Much better than this!

And since I was in a Mr. Handyman mood, I replaced all the lights on the dash cluster as 1 burned out --so I replaced all of them, so all gauges would be at the same brightness. I know....

What a cool looking dash, if I say so myself...