1969 Dart Console Switch? What is this?

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I'm getting ready to convert my 69' Dart from column shift to console shift (auto trans).
I dug out the console I got 20 years ago and found a rotary switch next to the ashtray.
Is this stock or did someone install it?
If stock, what is it for? Thanks!

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I'm looking at the wires to the switch on the underside. Looks like there are some tiny labels on the wires. I can barely read them. One says "Front speaker" the other "Rear speaker" and one "Power". Maybe it was for some old stereo install from long ago.
Thanks.
Does anyone have a pic of the console with the lighter in it? Guess I am on the search for one now...
 
in the Barracuda of the same years (67-69) there was a blanking cover over that hole.
 
Not sure if there was ever a lighter installed from the factory in any car.


Alan
 
rr4406pak said:
I'm looking at the wires to the switch on the underside. Looks like there are some tiny labels on the wires. I can barely read them. One says "Front speaker" the other "Rear speaker" and one "Power". Maybe it was for some old stereo install from long ago.
Thanks.
Does anyone have a pic of the console with the lighter in it? Guess I am on the search for one now...
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Someone installed a front/rear speaker fader switch in place of the cigarette lighter. IIRC, not all consoles had lighters, many had a chrome button to fill the hole. You can probably get one at a hardware store.

Before "stereo", there was a rear speaker option on some cars, not A-bodies. Slight improvement over single dash speaker.
 
Here's a suggestion for your car. Its a USB charger port that fits perfectly into the hole in the ashtray assembly in the console. This is a pic of the one in my car 68 Barracuda, Works great! Available from Retro Audio systems.


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Cuda Al said:
Not sure if there was ever a lighter installed from the factory in any car.


Alan
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'66 Barracuda had the lighter there if you had a console. There was no place in the dash for one. Non-console cars had the lighter attached to the underside of the dash.
 
If you decide to go with an actual lighter, make sure you get the factory circuit breaker, or, a fuse the correct size for the system. If you've ever pulled the lighter insert and had a penny fall in that hole, you'll know exactly what I mean! :BangHead::mad:
 
Also I believe 69 was the first year that included the latch, unless it was 68. I remember my friends 69 had it but his brothers 67 didn't.
 
I thought '70 was the first year for the push button latch. Maybe late '69 had some?
 
Lid
66-68 - 2589596
69 - 2877232
70-72 - 3415685

Alan
 
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My 69 console has no lid button (Apr build) and a chrome button covering the hole next to the ashtray. I like the USB port use of that hole. Nice!
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