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slomazzo73
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Joined: May 27, 2010
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Location: Melbourne, Florida
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 Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:52 pm Post subject: Accessory trunk light |
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Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever seen one of these accessory trunk light....the description says it works with a mercury switch. Pics and description of this would be great. How could one of these be made?
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EverettB 
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Location: Phoenix Metro
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slomazzo73
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Location: Melbourne, Florida
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Wow, nice....I've been googling and ebaying with no luck...nice piece!
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Cabriothusiast
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Joined: December 01, 2003
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Location: Bigfork, Montana
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:22 pm Post subject: Mercury Switch Light Early vs. Late (50's vs 60's) |
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The light shown first in this topic is an original 60's version of the mercury switch light. Some 20 years ago I found this 50's version by SWF in a 53 oval thrashed in a junkyard. I thought it was cool but couldnt figure out why it worked intermittently until I realized it was designed to ride the front hood hinge and go on when the mercury makes the contact. Amazingly, it still works exactly as designed!! Pretty cool.
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Jake Martinez
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Scweet!! 
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