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troutrunner · Joined: 03 Dec 2012 Posts: 185 Location: South Lincolnshire

OK Half right then but I know the A30 indicator is in the middle, I was referring to the light switches being very similar and on the right on both A40 and A30...........
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alastairq · Joined: 14 Oct 2016 Posts: 1953 Location: East Yorkshire

MikeEdwards · Joined: 25 May 2011 Posts: 2470 Location: South Cheshire

When swapping between my classics (seventies Vauxhalls) and my modern (an Audi, which must have had indicators specified as an option, if what you all say is correct...) I am finding that it doesn't usually take long for me to allow someone out of a side road by operating the wipers at them.

BigJohn · Joined: 01 Jan 2011 Posts: 954 Location: Wem, Shropshire

I usually flash the washers, which can be unfortunate for any pedestrians as my headlight washers are very powerful and bounce sideways off the glass.

emmerson · Joined: 30 Sep 2008 Posts: 1268 Location: South East Wales

One of the earliest left hand indicator switches must have been on the Triumph 2000 mk 1. if I remember it right, as the optional overdrive switch was on the right, to allow for split changes.
But go back a bit further, and what about the Austin A35? It had a left hand operated indicator switch!

Richard H · Joined: 03 Apr 2009 Posts: 2148 Location: Lincolnshire, UK

I think Japanese cars were still using the right hand indicator switch well into the '80s. German cars had been left hand for years before though; my Royale, which is a rebadged Opel Senator/Commodore A, has left hand indicators while my FE Victor, a British Vauxhall design, had them on the right.
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Ray White · Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6312 Location: Derby

Richard H · Joined: 03 Apr 2009 Posts: 2148 Location: Lincolnshire, UK

poodge · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 687

My A30 and A35 both had the bakelite switch in the centre of the dashboard.
In the early 70's,we could still buy an accessory indicator stalk,with a lighbulb in the stalk end,which i fitted to the A35.On the left,because of the lightswitch was still on the right.
My brother somehow got hold of a multi use indicator stalk out of an Escort,which was still a fairly new model in NZ,and managed to get it all to work in his A35.Fitted on the right of course.
As noted ,all my Japanese cars have had their indicator switch,or rather,multi-use stalk fitted on the right.

Ray White · Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6312 Location: Derby

Thinking back to it, the bakelite switch on the dash of the A30 was probably original equipment and would have operated traficator arms. It was my father in law who felt an upgrade to flashers was needed. I remember looking at the accessory stalk but the beauty of the Mk2 A40 switch was that it had a cast metal mounting that was a mirror image of the light switch used on both cars. There might also have been a question about whether the original bakelite switch was robust enough for the conversion.

Whitegoatie · Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 12:10 pm Post subject:

Mines the big knob in the middle!

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Penman · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4756 Location: Swindon, Wilts.

Hi
Because the dash switch on the A30/35 didn't self cancel, there was an after market replacement with springs in it which gave a timed cancellation.
It is possible that BMC later adopted it as standard equipment.
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