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Haha my dash is and shall remain un cut and undrilled. Good eye on the wiper and headlight *****, ive got nooo clue what they were from they came with the truck and only those two were those *****. I have since switched over to factory ***** on those two. I have no need for a throttle cable so i was hoping to get some sort of switch or something in there. ill have to look and see what i can find.
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I was going to try to mount a spare headlight switch there but there is no room with the brake pedal return bracket right there. Something the size of a wiper switch would fit. if it matches up with the hole. I was also debating using one of these switches for when i do power door locks but i cant find dimensions on them:
Ford Thunderbird Mercury Power Window Switches 61 62 63 Nice | eBay
Ford Thunderbird Mercury Power Window Switches 61 62 63 Nice | eBay
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ya i have no use for a throttle cable either it's been 35yrs since i've been around a corn elevator. although i will prbly hook up the throttle cable and make it functional as maybe i'll consider that the 1963 version of cruise control or something. anyway it looks good.
i like rwkinch's idea of a backup light switch. also i've thought about a power point with a repo **** pullout that looks original. shouldn't be to hard to fab something, maybe use a blank cigar lighter and i seem to remember seeing a blank bezel on ebay but may be wrong on that.
i like rwkinch's idea of a backup light switch. also i've thought about a power point with a repo **** pullout that looks original. shouldn't be to hard to fab something, maybe use a blank cigar lighter and i seem to remember seeing a blank bezel on ebay but may be wrong on that.
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Wild horses 4x4 sells a cig lighter that matches our bezels from what i can tell, i havent spent much time on their website looking for switches that might work. SInce i have an electric choke i plan on replacing the choke cable with a longer one so i can run a ranger valve mod but i cant think of uses for 2 cables
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well i tried to think of what ***** i like on my newer cars i don't have on my street legal tractor. rear window defrost- i see you're from california pbly no need for that. fuel door opener- kinda neat i guess, trailer switch- good for a livestock trailer but i bet not applicable in your case, darn that a tough one.
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I was thinking backup lights as well if I can get a switch in. You're right there's not much else I could put it in. I do have an switch panel that's going in the headliner but nothing on there is anything that could be done with a cable. Guess ill just have to find a switch that fits
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I bought a Cargo switch.. I believe this switch was used in the late 60's on ford trucks for a light that went on the back of the cab. The switch has a chrome bezel that says "cargo" and matches the chrome bezels on my other switches. This switch also has a lighted red center , so that the back up lights will not be left on accidently. Maybe some of the senior members can fine tune this idea with part numbers ( years ) etc.. but for what I wanted..this switch is perfect and will blend right in with all the other switches..
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I bought a Cargo switch.. I believe this switch was used in the late 60's on ford trucks for a light that went on the back of the cab. The switch has a chrome bezel that says "cargo" and matches the chrome bezels on my other switches. This switch also has a lighted red center , so that the back up lights will not be left on accidently. Maybe some of the senior members can fine tune this idea with part numbers ( years ) etc.. but for what I wanted..this switch is perfect and will blend right in with all the other switches..
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I installed the same switch as in rwkinch's picture, along with a cargo bed light I found in a late 60s - early '70s junk yard Ranger, in my '66. It looks pretty good, but not perfect as it's a little oversized. Also, when installing, you have to do a tiny bit of dash surgery as the mounting tangs that hold it in place are just the opposite of how things were in '65 - '66. rwkinch, cargo bed lights and switches were not offered by the factory in '65 - '66.
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