Kai,
Sorry about getting the last one. Good thing I never called back to look
for another one, I'd have bought that one as a spare! As for paint,
Eastwood (www.eastwoodcompany.com) makes a wrinkle paint. I have never
used it, so I don't know how good it is...
Joe
On Mon, 13 Nov 2000 21:48:36 -0500 "Kai M. Radicke" <kmr@pil.net> writes:
>
> > That is a interesting picture. I think i have one of those
> somewhere in my
> > attic. I always wondered what it was. I thought it was a switch
> base, but
> > wasnt sure. Unfortunately I dont have the original switch or
> light, just the
> > base. I hope I can locate it. Also, looking at the back, did this
> switch
> > serve both a driving and a fog light, a 3 position switch? If so,
> is the
> > switch or light available anywhere? I currently am using switches
> from a
> > local auto parts store, very cheezy.
>
> Joseph, Bob, et al.,
>
> It is a generic electrical part, used not only for driving lamps. I
> obtained
> mine from a Smith's auxiliary heated rear window kit. My panel,
> while being
> identical to Joseph's has a non Lucas switch in it (and this is how
> it was
> straight out of the unopened box... the other boxes had the same
> non-Lucas
> switch in it). The switch however does read "Made in England." The
> back of my
> panel is also painted matte black, while Joseph's is bare.
> Dimensionally it is
> identical, the diode light is also identical. Really the only
> difference
> between the two is the switch itself.
>
> Reference (each image is only 25k large... 480x360):
>
> http://www.pil.net/~mowogmg/tr6/switch1.jpg
> http://www.pil.net/~mowogmg/tr6/switch2.jpg
> http://www.pil.net/~mowogmg/tr6/switch3.jpg
> http://www.pil.net/~mowogmg/tr6/switch4.jpg
>
> To answer Bob's question, this is a two position switch (on and off)
> and is
> apparently used for other purposes than aux. heated rear window
> screen
> mechanisms, such as driving lights. I've got a pair of NOS Lucas
> Square 8 fog
> lamps which await mounting one day on the TR6, and intend to use
> this switch.
>
> Now that I've seen it with a Lucas switch, I'll swap in one from my
> recently
> (de)parted 1966 MGB which has the nicer style Lucas toggle switch.
>
> I also obtained the switch from British Miles quite some time ago,
> and Paul had
> to hunt around for it because he sold the last one to Joe!
>
> Say, anyone know where to purchase the black wrinkle finish type
> paint as found
> on these switch panels? Any particular (quality) brand?
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Kai M. Radicke
> kai@radiohead.net
> 1974 Triumph TR6 S/C
Joe Burlein
72 TR-6
Melbourne, FL
Real cars are designed to carry only two people, anything else is just a
bus.
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