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Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg
Other than using a few extra feet of wire, I never understood why so many old cars used a complicated through the steering column light switch, rather than a simple toggle or rocker switch for the lights.
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im not sure either... was it to save wire? was wire rather expensive back then?(copper)
I mean where its at it is a convenient place for wiring goes...
EDIT:
if you google image search the BIG cars back then (packard, cadilac, lincolns), during model T era they all had dash mounted headlight switches. then in 27/28 they went to steering wheel controlled headlight switches. Was it a way for the model A to feel more sophisticated to the driver? Think about things like features or styling of high end cars today, and like back then, everybody copys them so the guy in the economy box can feel like he owns a Mercedes. Notive how many cars now have those white LED DRL lights under the headlights now? Audi started that trend about 5-7 years ago...