|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Corvallis, Oregon
Posts: 13
|
Cool Toggle Switches?
I've been searching the web without luck for some nice toggle switches to mount in the restored dashboard. I had in mind some switches I saw before, but now I can't seem to find again (ugh). They looked something like the toggle switches that Anakin keeps flipping on the Pod racer. I thought I saw them on a ford GT, but now that I'm looking at them on the web, they don't look like I remember. Now I guess they must have been in one of my car magazines...
Anyhow, anyone have any ideas for some cool toggle switches? Thanks so much, Karsten Wilson Eugene, OR '77 911SC 2.7L |
||
04-10-2007, 06:15 PM
|
|
|
Sports Purpose 911 Driver
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: La Jolla, CA
Posts: 4,368
|
I ran lucas switches on my car. There are a lot of switches out there, start searching with Google, go to ebay, etc.
__________________
James Shira R Gruppe # 271 1972 911 Coupe 3.8 RS ‘nbr two’ 1972 911 Coupe 3.2 TwinPlug MFI 'Tangerina-Jolie' 1955 356 Pre A Coupe ‘old red’ 1956 356A Emory speedster build in progress |
||
|
04-10-2007, 06:18 PM
|
|
|
Registered
|
You may be looking for "paddle" switches.
Like toggles but with a wider blade for fingers. Do a search at DIgi-Key or Mouser for them. Bob
__________________
Bob Hutson |
||
|
04-10-2007, 06:29 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Long Beach CA, the sewer by the sea.
Posts: 38,142
|
I think Summit Racing has a selection. Some marine online stores have got some good ones, but I went to the local marine supply (remember, I live near one of the biggest marinas in the US) and the stuff was pathetic. I ended up getting some cool old time ones at an electronics surplus store. You could check aircraft supply houses as well.
|
||
|
04-10-2007, 06:35 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 15,612
|
I've been wanting to find a use for the covered toggle switch, like the ones that Chuck Yeager used on the experimental NF-104 rocket-augmented "Starfighter" plane (see the movile "The Right Stuff".
These were also used in the Le Mans winning GT-1 way back in ah....'98? 2000? So long ago I can't remember now. I think the covered toggles can be bought at an aircraft supply store, like Spruce Aircraft. |
||
|
04-10-2007, 06:56 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: So. Calif.
Posts: 19,910
|
Del City just faxed me a new list of illuminated switches in regular toggle as well as duckbill, paddle-shape and rocker handles.
www.delcity.net Hope this helps, Sherwood |
||
|
04-10-2007, 09:13 PM
|
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Greater Metropolitan Nimrod, Oregun
Posts: 10,040
|
find a Jag that broke down on the side of the road - it'll have some toggles on it -- most reliable part of the electrical system...
__________________
"A man with his priorities so far out of whack doesn't deserve such a fine automobile." - Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
||
|
04-10-2007, 10:30 PM
|
|
|
coolcavaracing.com
|
Subscribing
__________________
Pål (Paul) - The Norwegian lost in Finland... 1978 911SC 3.6 | 2001 Boxster S Racing Car | 1966 912 based 911 RSR replica racing car (for sale!) come and follow the Porsche Sports Cup racing fun and me at www.facebook.com/coolcavaracing 
|
||
|
04-10-2007, 10:56 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: St. Louis region
Posts: 3,149
|
+1 on the aircraft switches - best stuff out there.
__________________
Deceased: Black '88 Carrera Coupe, Steve Wong and Russell Berry chips, Dansk premuffler, custom MK GT3-style muffler, Magnecores. Al Reed 7 & 8 X 16 Fuchs. Full Elephant Racing suspension, 21/28 T-bars, Turbo tierods, bump steer kit, Bilstein Sports, BK strut bar. Ruf bumpers, 935 mirrors, Carrera 3.0 tail, DasSport bar. '11 BMW 328iX, '18 Nissan Frontier 4X4, '92 Acura NSX. |
||
|
04-11-2007, 04:12 AM
|
|
|
MAGA
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 10,810
|
Here are the switch covers referred to earlier at Aircraft Spruce.
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/elpages/mtllevswitches.php 
__________________
German autos: '79 911 SC, '87 951, '03 330i, '08 Cayenne, '13 Cayenne 0% Liberal Men do not quit playing because they get old.... They get old because they quit playing. |
||
|
04-11-2007, 06:44 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
Mcmaster Carr have a good selection, it might at least give you an idea of some of the different types available.
http://www.mcmaster.com/ Matt
__________________
Matt Kellett 87 Carrera Coupe - Marine Blue 60 MGA - Chariot Red 66 Jaguar MKII - Sherwood Green 09 VW GTI - Candy White |
||
|
04-11-2007, 07:21 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Corvallis, Oregon
Posts: 13
|
Thanks for all the great tips. I'll do some more digging tonight & post pics of anything that I can turn up!
Karsten
__________________
Karsten Wilson '77 Porsche 911 / Fun Car '87 Porsche 924S / Everyday Driver karsten@tarck.com |
||
|
04-11-2007, 12:06 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 585
|
When I was deployed to Bosnia in 1996 > I drove out to the Yougoslav air force base > they had bunches of MIG-21s and L-39 parked there > some were very shot up > some were in fairly decent shape.
Climbed in a MIG-21 > I had my toolkit with me and stripped out a toggle switch panel > 10" x 8" > two rows of 9 toggle switches... > max switches!! would be neat to integrate into a car some way .. I also got a pitot tube off the MIG > and have it mounted on the top of my beater Toyota sunroof wind deflector ... MIG bling!!
__________________
Kim Langley 2012 Carrera / 991.1 80 911SC 97 C230 73 BMW 2002Tii |
||
|
04-11-2007, 12:16 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: St. Louis region
Posts: 3,149
|
__________________
Deceased: Black '88 Carrera Coupe, Steve Wong and Russell Berry chips, Dansk premuffler, custom MK GT3-style muffler, Magnecores. Al Reed 7 & 8 X 16 Fuchs. Full Elephant Racing suspension, 21/28 T-bars, Turbo tierods, bump steer kit, Bilstein Sports, BK strut bar. Ruf bumpers, 935 mirrors, Carrera 3.0 tail, DasSport bar. '11 BMW 328iX, '18 Nissan Frontier 4X4, '92 Acura NSX. |
||
|
04-11-2007, 12:30 PM
|
|
|
Bye, Bye.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Planet Earth
Posts: 6,167
|
I'd like to see some pictures of 911 dashes with toggle switches in place of traditional switches. Any pics out there?
__________________
Elvis has left the building. |
||
|
04-11-2007, 06:24 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Northern California
Posts: 3,759
|
Here is a pic. These are simple toggle switches--purchased from racing supply places. Pretty cheap. Injector grounding pushbuttons are from Radio Shack.
__________________
Mike PCA Golden Gate Region Porsche Racing Club #4 BMWCCA NASA |
||
|
04-11-2007, 07:14 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 15,612
|
Mike, very cool. We need more pics of that setup.
Here are a few more: Porsche GT1 LM   Chuck Yeager (Sam Sheppard) in the movie "The Right Stuff"  turning on the liquid fuel booster pump  switching off  Randall Raines arms the Nitrous bottle in Eleanor then hits the button:    Admiral James Greer hits the torpedo self destruct button aboard the USS Reuben James 
Last edited by rusnak; 04-12-2007 at 05:14 PM.. |
||
|
04-12-2007, 04:19 PM
|
|
|
Registered
|
I stuck a few in my console. Every kid thinks I have nitrous.
__________________
Steve B. 1971 T 2.2 w/Zeniths Gruppe B member 171 Mid 9 Web Site Guy |
||
|
04-12-2007, 07:23 PM
|
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Northern California
Posts: 3,759
|
I should add that my switches are all custom wired-- I made all of my own harnesses and have a custom fuse panel. Since it is a race car, it was a pretty easy project. A bunch of wire, switches, a few MSD type conectors, and some good quality shrink wrap purchased at an electronics discount place in sillicon valley. I know every circuit and connector and crimp.
__________________
Mike PCA Golden Gate Region Porsche Racing Club #4 BMWCCA NASA |
||
|
04-12-2007, 11:21 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 15,612
|
Steve, I think yours and Randall's switch orientation may be upside down, although I don't know if it matters.
|
||
|
04-13-2007, 10:57 AM
|
|
Harley
1987 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe 3.2
1971 Porsche 911T 2.2
