812 Antenna Quandary

If you are doing a concour restoration you need to install the orignal one. Anything else will deduct points when having the car judged. I believe Stan Gilliland of Auburn Cord Parts has the parts with all the hardware needed.

i had quite good but no perfect resaults with this :

www.ecshylites.com/page/page/761353.htm

Although not yet wit my Cord but other prewar cars. Best regards Philipp

Greetings,
New member here; what a great forum!

I helping a friend with his 812SC Phaeton. I just finished a complete restoration of its Crosley radio but I'm stymied by the antenna situation.
This vehicle does not have the original under-carriage antenna (which I understand was not a particularly good performer) and I'm trying to come up with an alternative. What are current 810/812 owners using? Are folks replicating the original design? We are hoping to keep everything concours worthy or at least true to its original form so a modern body mounted antenna would seem to be a poor choice.
Any recommendation?

Thanks,
Mark Kaufman
Houston, Texas.