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RE: Tr3a dash switch order

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Subject: RE: Tr3a dash switch order
From: Drew Rogge <drew@pixar.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 08:08:10 -0800
Organization: Pixar Animation Studios
For some reason I always get a kick out of the idea of dim able
instrument lights on a TR3 (or at least MY TR3). On my car the
range of the rheostat would have be something like "Barely
Visible" to "Not Visible At All".

Drew

> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 10:05:44 -0800
> From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
> Subject: RE: Tr3a dash switch order 
> 
> > the vertical order is different for different years, earlier
> > cars had a
> > switch for the panel lights in the topmost position.  The later cars had a
> > rheostat for the panel lights, in the center position.
> 
> According to Bill Piggott, some cars had the rheostat as early as TS43000
> (Feb 59), but it didn't become standard until TS60001 (Oct 59).  The
> instrument panel is also different on cars with the rheostat, as the
> rheostat takes a larger hole than the wiper and dash light switches do.
> 
> Randall

-- 
Drew Rogge
drew@pixar.com

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