Running lights all work!

Well, there's that one with a bad bulb and the license plate light needs better grounding, but running, brake and turn lights all work! After an arduous struggle with positive grounding issues and flasher relay units we finally discovered that the switch for the turn signals was intermittently faulty. After a little disassembly, it turns out that the 45 year old switch's internal contacts appear to be fouled. I think that with a little cleaning they can be repaired, in the mean time a new switch has done the trick. It doesn't fit as well, and I don't care for how it looks, but it was only four dollars instead of 35$. As it turns out, two frustrating trips and some swearing latter, Kregans does not carry anything that works. Who knew that a SPDT switch was so rare? Even Radio Shack was a bit of a stretch and I had to settle on using the *one and only* DPDT switch that they had in the store.

Parts on the way

Just payed for a new vinyl convertible top and service manual yesterday. It would be nice if they were both here by the weekend but we only expect the manual. Naturally, it's a short argument that the manual is more important than the convertible as we are mostly out of the rainy season and we need to get everything solid.

It should all be fun. Lights will be nice.

A new baby

Just Sunday I purchased a gorgeous little '62 Austin Healey Sprite for my wife. While it may be primer gray right now, need some trim, a new interior, desperate work on the electrical and the obvious paint job, it's got something going for it over our '74 Jensen Healey. It runs! On it's own! Even uphill!This is a tiny, zippy little car that weighs next to nothing and corners like it's on rails. In fact I'd almost say that it corners tighter than my Jensen but it's been in the shop so long I'm not sure. The plan is a custom restoration to which end a convertible top and, most importantly, service manual have been ordered and are on their way.