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Old 03-02-2009, 05:50 AM
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Default Original switches and buttons possible group buy

Hey guys. We have a few of us interested in purchasing all the switches and buttons for the dash of our cars. We are prepared to make minor deviations for the sake of better quality, and of course no longer availabile items. Price as always is a concern as none of us want to pay Cobra price tags for garden variety Healey/Triumph stuff.
I'm building a street car and have made a list from the chassis instruction book. We are looking for any good info on part numbers, donor cars and most importantly good suppliers to work with on the parts. We are trying to avoid cheaper quality (Indian) switches made under the Lucas name. Anyone wanting to get in on a group discount can PM me.
Street car like I'm building I believe needs-
Warning lights, blue high beam, green indicators, red ignition.
Panel light switch, must be the rheostat type.
Wiper, two position switch.
Cigar lighter, you SC/Comp guys don't need.
Heater, two position switch.
Headlamps, side and head two position switch.
Racing models need a single position switch for auxiliary fuel pumps.
Horn button, early cars used the VW headlamp dim switch on the back of the stalk with a foot switch for high beam.
Later cars used a horn button on the dash, directional was
Healey/Triumph I believe.
Ignition was by key, alot of folks like ERA use a better, newer, cheaper,
replacement with a correct appearing round slotted ring to retain it.
Thanks in advance for any insight you can give us on this.
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