Correct Fog Light Switch for an early-73 2L?, Green or Orrange Bezel? Options

[Tom_T]

My 73 2L was built 9/72 & first sold 11/72 in CA, but the fog lights & dash switch had been removed before I bought it in 12/75.

Is this the correct switch for that early-73 MY build, or should it be green? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)


Thanx for CW clarifications!
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[detoxcowboy]

I like you drove it less while restoring, but that for the most part is done now. However I am taking it apart again (last time for awhile I hope) to paint. Besides it being my only car so it will get driving daily. Just took it to San Francisco area once, Santa barbara several times and Santa Cruz twice all in the last 3 or 4 months. No issues other than a vacuum hose came loose off the oil filler and my electronic ignition wire/plug in connection also came loose. Funny thing was it happened back to back in a 3 hour period. Easy find easy fix on the road. Runs like a champion does'nt burn any oil on the S.F. and back 1400 miles. Santa Cruz round trip is 1300 miles.
I will probably run into you sooner or later. Thing about restoring your only daily driver is by the time your done, or think your done, it is not perfect dings adjustments just plain old use.. By the time I got the interior done needed new carpet again ect..

[Tom_T]

I like you drove it less while restoring, but that for the most part is done now. However I am taking it apart again (last time for awhile I hope) to paint. Besides it being my only car so it will get driving daily. Just took it to San Francisco area once, Santa barbara several times and Santa Cruz twice all in the last 3 or 4 months. No issues other than a vacuum hose came loose off the oil filler and my electronic ignition wire/plug in connection also came loose. Funny thing was it happened back to back in a 3 hour period. Easy find easy fix on the road. Runs like a champion does'nt burn any oil on the S.F. and back 1400 miles. Santa Cruz round trip is 1300 miles.
I will probably run into you sooner or later. Thing about restoring your only daily driver is by the time your done, or think your done, it is not perfect dings adjustments just plain old use.. By the time I got the interior done needed new carpet again ect..

I hear ya on that, I'd spent $6500+ between 80-85 when it was my only DD in rust restoration & repaint, engine/tranny rebuilds, etc. Then in 5/85 a sorority gal "...forgot to turn left & go up the ramp..." (her words) in a UCLA parking structure while I was in MBA classes all day/night - ramming it in the back & pushing it 2 ft. forward into the concrete wall & column - thereby mashing both ends of my just restored/rebuilt 914! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

I was living in OC & running my business here, driving to UCLA for MBA work, getting married & starting a family - so after haggling with her Daddy's insurance company for 45+ days on a rental car (which they tried to deny pmt. for), I had to take the money & get a car immediately. So I got my 85 325e & put the 914 in the garage hopig to get a shell/roller/DE 914 for parts & work on it over time. Unfortunately, having a small business & raising a family meant that when I had the spare time - I didn't have the $$s & visa versa! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

So the 914 has sat in our garage "holding down blocks" since then, patiently awaiting attention for 24+ years! You can see some pix posted here:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...93838&st=60

Now that one kid is graduated from college & off on her own - except for her "extra furniture" in the garage blocking my access to jack the 914 off the blocks, & the other is finishing college. This summer we put up a metal shed to move the stuff out of the garage, house, etc., which will give me access to the 914 once all that's moved out. We've gone through all of the other family cars over the past few years (although that's always ongoing being that they're all 20_ years old/new).

So now it's the 914's turn, & I've been collected the needed parts for the past year+, & researching how best to restore/repair it for driving again, without screwing up the classic car value in it in the process. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)