Dan Masters writes:
>In a message dated 2/19/99 10:11:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
spitlist@gte.net
>writes:
>
>> My schematic only goes to 1972, so the wiring may have actually been
>> correct. Although, I can't imagine why they would change it that way.
>> Maybe they wanted to make sure that it didn't remain turned on with the
>> trunk lid closed and the owner not know about it. What do you think?
>
>Joe,
>
>I think it was visionary on their part - they knew that in the '90s these
cars
>would be classics, and would sit on the show field with the trunks open.
They
>didn't want to run our batteries down!
>
>Or, they wanted to save the cost of about 4 - 5 feet of wire. By tying the
>lamp to the red wire in the trunk, which had to be there anyway, they
saved
>about 4 - 5 feet of purple wire from the dash.
>
>My schematics show the wiring change occured with the '74 models. That's
not
>the same as saying it actually occured in '74, only that the diagrams show
it
>that way.
>
>Dan Masters,
>Alcoa, TN
Dan,
Did they delete the switch in the trunk? In other words does the
light come on with the lights regardless of whether the
trunk is open or not? If so, they saved about 33P on that switch
which never works anyway. Sounds like a winner to me. ;-)
BTW my early 74 (as opposed to 74 1/2) TR6 was the same as my 71
Dave
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