Eric L said:
Bob, what do you have installed/planned for interior lighting?
mlang2005 said:
You cant beat a compact fluorescent rv style light for an interior light. super bright and very low power draw.
This is one of the many areas where I am really torn. I want to keep the "original look" and the classic 1960's/1970's "style" and appearance of the Snow Trac, but I also want to make it more practical and useable. The light switches I bought to control my new front/side/rear lights have old style "bakelite" knobs and look original, but have modern switch mechanisms behind the dash. The chrome fan I added is a modern fan, but it looks like the old fans that were in school busses, trucks and taxi cabs during the 60's & 70's. . . they are now commonly available in plastic and that would not look right. So a new flourescent fixture would be a modern addition that would not "fit in" to the look of the Snow Trac's interior, however, it would be a
very practical solution.
I have an original Hella light, but at this point it is not wired to anything!!! So there is no clue if the light actually works, heck I'm not even sure if I have a bulb in the fixture. But according to the parts manual, it is only a 5 watt bulb
So there is no way that it could provide much light output even if it does work.
I could probably find several old Hella lights and wire them to one switch to increase the light output? However, if I could find a modern high output LED light that I could put into the original Hella fixture, that would be my ideal fix for the problem.
For now, I'm going to try to get the original wired properly, once I have the wiring to that fixture correct, then I can take the next step to the upgrade.