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Re: [Tigers] Dash Veneer

To: "Tod Brown" <todbrown@roadrunner.com>, <tigers@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Dash Veneer
From: "Dave Munroe" <dave@munroe.ca>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:55:15 -0400
Tod:

Interesting story about big red buttons!

Here is what Joe Parlanti wrote to me about his BRB:
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Dave:

The red button is actually a start button. I wanted to fill the extra hole
so I moved one of the switches over to the blank hole and made this switch
on the lathe.

Joseph V. Parlanti
Email - Parlanti@comcast.net

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Dave



From: "Tod Brown" <todbrown@roadrunner.com>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: Dash Veneer


> "But what is that big red button (warning light?) between the fuel gauge 
> and
> the clock?"
>
> I don't know where that particular Tiger was purchased or what model year 
> it was, but when I got my Tiger in October of '66 (registered as a '67), 
> there were some new safety laws in NY.  Among other things, seat belts and 
> a four-way flasher were required.  In my case the dealer drilled a big 
> honkin' hole in my dash and mounted the four-way flasher there.  It was 
> one of those things that had a red cover over the bulb that you pulled out 
> to activate them.  The one in Joe's dash looks to be similar.
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