Ernest;
Do what I do- keep the old Lucas headlights which even on high-beam give
off less light than your average set of halogen sealed-beams. While the
lighting is not so great, nobody ever knows that you are on high when
you meet them head on!
Bruce Milne
2 1971 B's
Ottawa, Canada
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>From: Ernest E. Gilbert[SMTP:barrister@lawref.com]
>Sent: November 4, 1996 8:14 AM
>To: mgs@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: MGB dimmer switch, alteration
>
>Can't understand the desire to make this conversion. I grew up on floor mount
>dimmers and the column mounts drive me crazy. Every time I let my car off the
>leash on a country curve seems like there is a car from the other direction.
>I have my hands full with the steering wheel (If I could make the curve with
>one hand I'm not having fun) and it's downright dangerous to try to find the
>dimmer with one hand and maintain the groove with the other. My left foot on
>the other hand is un-occupied most of the time and the dimmer is an
>unthinking reaction. With a column mount switch the sequence is 1) try the
>foot switch a couple of times unconsciously, 2) take my mind off the groove,
>3) take my foot off the gas, 4) realize the problem and fish for the switch,
>5) mutter sorry to the other driver that's now past and I didn't dim for.
>
>Ernest
>barrister@lawref.com
>
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>From: Jim Boyd <gumby@joshuanet.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 1996 5:58 PM
>To: bill and penny meyer <pplusb@northlink.com>
>Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: MGB dimmer switch, alteration
>
>
>
>bill and penny meyer wrote:
>>
>> I am currently rebuliding a '67 B. One item I wish to change is the
>> headlight dimmer. I dislike the floor button and wish to change to
>> stalk operation or ???? Unfortunately, the later switches do not fit
>> within the 1967 steering cloumn cowl, and the later cowl does not
>> look at all correct with the steel dash, toggle switches, etc. ANY
>> SUGGESTIONS?
>
>Hey Bill:
>
>I have a '67 GT that I relocated the dimmer switch. I'm 6'2" tall and
>covet all the space in the footwells that my body can take! I too was
>faced with the unfortunate prospect of an ill-fitting switch on the
>steering column.
>
>I used the turn signal/dimmer switch from a'73 B. I had/have plans to
>build a small fibreglass housing for the steering column, but to date
>this project hasn't made it to the top of my to-do list. I think that
>it could be accomplished with a minimum of hassle, though.
>
>Good Luck!
>
>Jim Boyd
>Paradise, CA "Too many "Bs" to count, but who's counting?"
>
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