© M M Imrie 2020
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Vintage car indicator switch
This was offered as an after sales add on and not, as far as I know,
available in any production car. It was designed to fit around the
steering column and allow easy control of the car indicator lights
(turn signals).
My switch has a light mounted in the red knob which I imagine
flashed in time with the indicator lights.
The switch is rarely seen on ebay and I suspect the few that do
appear are mainly bought by Anderson enthusiasts building replica
Thunderbird 1 pilot seats.
A very similar product is still manufactured today and available via
classic car retail outlets eg Holden Vintage and Classic
The dimensions are the same as the original switch, the black
version does not illuminate but the green one does. I have never
noticed the switches used in the Anderson productions illuminating
so the feature is probably not worth the extra cash.
The knob shape is slightly different and I have therefore scanned
and reverse engineered the knob from my original switch to enable
others to print facsimile switches.
I have also modelled the whole switch as part of my TB1 chair
model and successfully printed it in scale (approx 60%) for the Big
Chief replica Scott.