dashboard switches decals

I wasn't aware there ever were decals or labels for the switches.... which leads some owners to forget what the functions of each switch are. Maybe some stick-on labels wouldn't be a bad thing?

In fact they are stick-on labels. Black print over Metalic. I was told that Lamborghinis of the same era have similar switches and stick-on decals. If somebody has all the orginal may be we could get some high resolution scans. I could take care of the printing on the proper material? Anybody could provide the scans of the originals?

I have original NOS switches, and my car came with some repro stickers that arent very good.

I have no idea where they came from. The one I need is the Red hazard switch label.

I will search around.

PS I found a great deal on many parts, including the dasboard mouse fur from a european Ferrari source I have been buying from for many years. I will ask them.

FWIW here is pic of switches


Denis

The hazard light lenses remove separate from the switches (that's how you access the light bulb inside to change it), and some Alfa e-switches are interchangeable.

Thanks Zadra, another good topic, I'd like to figure something out on this as well. Bobileff Motorcars sells stickers in sets of 5 for Lambo 350GT and 400GTs, but the picture on thier 'parts' web page so small/dark so it's hard to tell what the symbols are exactly, at least besides the 'fan' one. The same basic switches were on several period Maseratis, using some additional/different symbols compared to the Lambos, so Maserati vendors like MIE might have options too. Alfa Giulias (maybe others too) had the same basic switch as well. I say 'basic' switch because it appears there were a large number of part numbers used on these Lucas switches - lots of variables involved regrding throws, contacts, load capacity, etc, apparently.

I haven't found other cars that have the exact part numbers as the Goose but that's a separate issue. My impression is that not all Mangusta had the exact same set of symbols, and it's likely that switches/part numbers varied too. I'll post what I know regarding later cars separately, and see what everyone thinks.

Back to stickers, a custom set may be the way to go. While I don't have access to my car I do have a few spare switches at hand and will check if any have any sticker remnants to document, etc.

All,

I want to say that I had heard of someone in the Alfa club redoing some of these stickers years back when I first got my car, but subsequent attempts to locate this person fell short...

I have all of my switch decals intact except for the town/country horn, and the emergency flasher.

Jack-these "Emergency" switches were not lit like you are thinking until P-cars.

Some cars apparently came with "fuel pump" logos on switches yet there were few or no cars that actually came with electric pumps. That would have been "expensive" for DeT.... Makes me wonder what they did do???? T/C horn?

If anyone has an Alfa parts dealer around, it may be worth swinging by with a picture or two to see what they say.

Maserati angle would be good too.

Steve

Hi Guys,

The switch stickers on my car are in pretty good shape, but I will be making replacement ones when I re-do my car. Seems like there are a few here who could use them, so when I get done re-creating the art for reproduction, I'll post and see who will be interested. I'm planning on making other plates and stickers as well, so as long as nobody is in an insane rush, I light be able to pull together complete replacement sets for most of what was on the car. Since we now have three Mangustas in close proximity, we have a growing set of references up here. Long winters mean we have nothing else to do but this sort of thing anyway.

But, if you're in a rush, I'm pretty sure the Maserati Mexico uses the exact same switches.

Mark

I just recently found some waterslide decal paper that you can put in a standard injet printer and and create decals that way. I made decals for my father for his hobby of model airplanes. They work just like the decals that you would get for model cars and planes at your local hobby store. in this case I think you would want to use a white decal background with the black surround. I draw mine on an autocad drafting program that has a range of close to 250 colors so you can customize them to fit your car. My dad reported that the decals worked quite well and looked great. It would also let light thru for the lit hazard switch Bosswrench described. I found the decal paper on Ebay for $10.00 for 10 sheets. Thats probably enough to do every 'Goose in existence!

The Mangusta switch end stickers are printed on rigid metallic foil which helps hide the fact that the switch ends have holes in them. In this case, the slide decals wouldln't work, but I am sure I will find other cases where that would be a great time-saver. Thanks!

Mark

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Originally posted by Mark Charlton:
The Mangusta switch end stickers are printed on rigid metallic foil which helps hide the fact that the switch ends have holes in them. In this case, the slide decals wouldln't work, but I am sure I will find other cases where that would be a great time-saver. Thanks!

Mark

I was thinking that the decals could be set onto chrome vinyl. This would work especially well if somebody made a die for cutting out the shape.

The vinyl can also be laser cut.

There is a die somewhere on the planet, I have some stickers which may be originals or repros, I have no idea.

I also have several NOS switches that do NOT have stickers. One of them is a "horn" logo, and the Mangusta is the only Italian car I know of that has a town n country horn with a toggle switch.

NOS Town n Contry horn switch, maybe from Mangusta.

I can take better pics if I use a tripod, which would help anyone who wants to CAD them. The "for sure" original switches that are on the dash do not look like either of these, they are not as exaggeratedly embosssed.

Jay

Jay,

I'd bet that the pieces in your previous post are all Alfa or Masserati pieces. I've not noticed embossed bits in the Goose.

I just looked at mine and they are flat...foil or thin aluminum discs, silk screened?

Steve

When I was at the Factory, I came upon a bunch of switches. Sadly there were about 40 but they were all dimmer and Fan switches. I was looking for a horn switch.

If anyone needs a replacement fan or dimmer let me know.

We

Hi Jay,

You and I are referring to the same product, just using different terminology. Cutting them with the slight notch (as per originals) shouldn't be an issue.

Those stickers look pretty good, but differ slightly from the ones on my car and I think they are repros. They have a slight embossed appearance as well which mine lack.

My T&C horn icon is similar to the one on your loose stickers not the photo you posted. Also, I don't seem to have the BBQ/fire pit option on my car, so I am missing your top right sticker.

Mark

Wellis,

Make sure that your new switches are not a "SPDT" single (or double) pole double throw switch! If they are, they could be used for the T/C switches very easily! I seem to remember seeing multiples of the same switch, just wired differently when I last peeked behind my dash. Seemed like the dimmer and the emergency flashers may have been the only oddballs....

Steve

Here are the pictures. You can clearly see the LUCUS on the side

It seems that the earlier cars that I have seen use the 4 bladed fan picture on two switches, but later cars use one of the 4 bladed fan picture on one switch and one "bbq/fire pit" picture on the other switch (I guess to avoid confusion between the two)- can anybody confirm this?

I'm not sure how you want to deferentiate "early" and "late", but my car (8Ma1114) has many "late" features including the late dash design, but my car has two of the 4-blade fan switches and is, sadly, not equipped with the rare BBQ option.

Mark