On 11/28/05, Alan B. Pearce <A.B.Pearce@rl.ac.uk> wrote:
> >When the turn signal comes on, which would normally cause
> >three bulbs on one side to blink, I'd like the bulbs to
> >fade in sequentially from just the inner bulb to all three.
> >Both actions are done on modern cars from teh factory,
> >and both are allowed by the state vehicle code.
>
> Good grief, I seem to remember seeing this on a mid to late 60s (IIRC) Chevy
> or Ford. Certainly wasn't done by electronics back then ;) Must have been
> one of those two makes, as we didn't get very many US originated cars in NZ
> back then.

It was the Mercury Cougar (although more than possible it was rebadged
as a Ford for export).

They used a DC motor to spin a shaft that made/broke contacts to light
the turn signals.

http://www.thuntek.net/cougars_unlimited/seqts.htm
http://mustangmonthly.com/howto/173_0404_ford_tail_light_install/

Alex
- who was born about 35 years too late for the muscle car era :(

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