1931 Closed Car Dash Light

shew01

shew01

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Does anyone know a Model A vendor that has a 1931 closed car dash light in stock?


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For what it's worth the repro dash lights leave a bit to be desired. Closed car dash lights can be found and in many cases just need a new wire and some cleaning up. Maybe consider that route?
 
I'm in the same boat. My dash light broke the little switch arm off 2 years ago. I wired into the taillight so it is on whenever the main lights are on. But I would love a new dash light also
 
My newly acquired sedan had a repop dash light, and the switch "stem" was bent and loose, and the wire had a break that was soldered back together and poorly wrapped in vinyl tape. I replaced the armored wire with a section of leftover new armored wire I purchased from A&L years ago when I restored my coupes original dash light. I disassembled the switch pieces, straightened out the barrel/switch assembly that moves beneath the bulb, reassembled and used a micro torch to silver solder the "stem" to the sliding barrel that it attaches to beneath the bulb. The switch stem seems to be the weak link and the silver solder that I employed seems to have made it much more robust. My switch works perfectly now and my armored wire doesn't have any frays or breaks.
 
I’m still looking for a 1931 closed car dash light. I’m open to a used unit, but I can’t find one. Does anyone have one they would be willing to sell? (My “new” Fordor doesn’t have one at all.)


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