[TR] control head redesign?

[Michael Lang]

The whole control head concept hasn't come to an end yet. My brother
currently has the cruise control assembly apart in his Jeep Cherokee.
The push buttons are all mounted on the horn ring in the center of the
steering wheel along with the air bag. The whole thing has a "clock
spring" assembly to keep the wires from twisting up when the wheel is
turned. It sounds like a pain to put back together properly. They must
still be testing on the general public!

Mike

John Macartney wrote:
> Randall wrote:
>> Not sure how far the history of the TR2-3 unit goes
>> back, but I think it was on the Mayflower as well. It's made only of
>> Bakelite, brass and steel (with a chromed trim strip).
>
> It goes back further than that, Randall. With absolute certainty to at
> least 1935. ISTR that in itself was a carryover from the even earlier
> days of throttle and ignition levers being in the centre of the
> steering wheel. All Standard cars were fitted with that type of
> control head with the added luxury of a telescopic steering column on
> the more expensive models. Fair to say they perhaps "never got it
> exactly right" so decided to persevere for another twenty odd years
> plus, with the general public being the test facility - until they
> finally gave up and tried another method :)