[Healeys] 100-6/3000 overrive dash switch - Lucas?

[fiat500f at aol.com]

VERY cool!  So, if the earliest switch, the Arrow switch, is in a Lucas box
with 31452 on it, are you saying that the later switches are also 31452, but
again just not Lucas switches in the box, or are the later switches totally
not Lucas in manufacture or box?
It's odd, for the overdrives, Lucas makes the wiring, the throttle switch, the
isolation switch, and the solenoid, but NOT the switch to turn it all on?
Odd.

Thanks for the photos - they made it all very clear!
 - Paul B.


-----Original Message-----
From: Curtis Arndt <cnaarndt at gmail.com>
To: fiat500f <fiat500f at aol.com>; Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl>; Healey
List <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thu, Apr 11, 2013 7:22 pm
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100-6/3000 overrive dash switch - Lucas?





Paul & Kees,


The early dash overdrive switches (BN1s through BT7s) while having a Lucas
part number where in fact made by other vendors, "ARCOELECTRIC" and "ARROW" to
be specific.

In fact I have and NOS Lucas overdrive switch in the box, but the NOS switch
inside is made by ARROW.  The Lucas part no. on the box is 31452 and is
correct as listed in the period Lucas catalogs for the 100s.  This switch is
for the early BN1s up to around early to mid 1954 and had a very short toggle
with a ball end plus the wires were soldered on verses being attached with
screws.


The later BN1 switches were made by ARCO ELECTRIC and and had a similar short
toggle but tapered like the later switch toggles. It's Bakelite base was much
smaller like the ARROW switch but it now had brass screws to attach the two
wires.

Starting with the BN2 through the BT7s the switches were the familiar long
toggle type with a bigger Bakelite base also made by ARCO ELECTRIC.


Now the question is... was ARCO ELECTRIC part of LUCAS or a contracted vendor



Paul and Kees, see photos, and yes I know the list strips photos, so the rest
of you will have to request that I send these to you.


Cheers,


Curt






On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:16 AM,  <fiat500f at aol.com> wrote:

Is the overdrive switch on the dash of the BN4/6/7/BT7 a Lucas switch?  I
can't find anything in the Lucas books listing the number.  I just have the
BMC number, 1B9030.  Odd!

 - Paul B.