Bryan,
My experience says it was the middle finger!
The stock setup for a bugeye is a brass ring that is connected to the horn.
On that rides a spring loaded contact that is connected to ground thru the
horn button. If all is well possitioned, only ground gets to the horn lead
via a tap on the button. Fact is, the energetic "torque" of hard turns will
bend the whole mounting and short out the brass ring from the inside metal of
the wheel that is grounded thru the shaft. Solution is to be sure the brass
ring (mounted on the bakelite shroud attached to the dash) is centered and
flat relative to the arch of the wheel. Also be sure there is no play in the
shaft.
John Carey
61 Bugeye at:>
http://ourworld.cs.com/JCareyPage/JCareyPage.htm
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