Kat, I've just realised that no-one seems to have commented on the
defroster.
I remember being able to buy these things in the local car parts shop. The
ones I remember were about 1 foot long and plugged into the cigarette
lighter/power outlets. I recall a friend of mine got one for his 1948
Austin in a vain attempt to keep the windscreen clear - they were totally
useless as a defroster but a great piece of Heath Robinson engineering. I
remember that it hardly heated up at all - but that may have been a function
of his car's electrics. They were sold because I think that few English
cars had heaters until the mid 1960s - certainly the ones sold here -
although the more upmarket cars had them earlier. They were mostly for the
great mass of small Austins, Morris', Fords etc that had an interior of vast
acres of painted steel with a Morgan type ignition/light switch and a speedo
with fuel gauge let into it - nothing else.
It would be worth having a close look at yours as I strongly suspect it was
one of these after-market items although it may have been wired in at some
stage.
Cheers
Gary Arcus
1954 +4
Perth, Western Australia
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-morgans@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-morgans@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of KatHaus7@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, 20 August 1999 7:56
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> talking to my
> Aunt - original owner- she informed me it is a 1967!! How 'bout that!! In
> regards to that 3rd mystery switch on the top line of my dash, my
> Aunt told
> me the car came with a "defroster". She said it was VERY
> Morgan.... small bar
> with little suction cups to hold it onto the windscreen, which
> plugged into
> the inspection sockets, and was turned on/off with the mystery
> switch. COULD
> IT REALLY BE???
[snip]
> Kat
> 67 +4 four seater
>
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