Antenna Placement for 1968
Short answer: The standard antenna location on a 1968 Firebird is the right-hand front fender. An optional right-hand rear-quarter antenna was also available. Which one your car came with is recorded on its Body Broadcast Sheet (if still in the car) or its Billing History. Reproduction parts are available for both.
There is no single “factory-correct” position for the rear-quarter hole — four original Firebirds measured no two exactly alike, because the assembly line stamped the hole using a hand-placed template rather than a machine. The figures below, gathered and cross-checked by members, get you as close as the factory did.
Rear antenna hole — measured on original cars:
- From the back of the car forward: three cars measured 14½”, 15¼”, and 15¼”
- Lateral position: about 27″ from the car’s centerline (one member’s working figure; the factory drawing lists 28.94″)
- Hole diameter: 1⅛” (1.125″)
- Bezel-key notch: 0.14″ wide × 0.12″ long (about ⅛” × ⅛”), rotated ~75° from horizontal — roughly the 5 o’clock position looking down at the hole from behind the car
Cross-checked against a 1968 Camaro assembly manual (same application):
- 1.125″ diameter hole
- 1.875″ — centerline to quarter edge at the trunk gap
- 1.750″ — centerline to quarter character line (outboard)
- 15.375″ — centerline to bottom edge of quarter panel (at the trunk edge line)
The factory drawing originally listed the location as 114.25″ and 28.94″ “PV.” The 28.94″ is from the car’s centerline; the 114.25″ is measured from the front edge of the heater/AC air box, which sticks out about 1″ past the firewall — so measure 113.25″ back from the firewall itself.
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