Russellnc

Just saw this while cleaning up the inbox, what do you have? I still am looking for some beauty rings, hood ornament, dedication plaque...and other items...

Well after 2 hrs. of carving on the little potted inverter and punching 2 holes in my thumb, I can now see the flyback transformer, a resistor, a transistor and I think a capacitor, this little deivice was vacuum potter, but the exposed circuit board looks to have about 19 connections, so I guess there is like a little saw tooth generator , they probably use a feedback winding of the transformer to switch the transistor, and the capacitor is to keep rf noise off the DC so your radio does not buzz, I guess this puppy probably ran at around 10Kc to keep efficiency up and parts small...it only had to run a 3 watt load it looks like.

Electronics module "SWISS CONTROLS MODEL 4??? 5934073 0584" , looks to have failed from heat, wonder why? Listed on EBAY currently MODEL 4262, asking 96 dollars...little for me....

It has been a while since anyone has been on this thread, but my problem is the opera lights too, my understanding is to just pulled the assembly off the sail panel, I guess it is retained by couple of barrel clips that prongs extend into, I guess I will post some pictures for reference as I have found none, I have one that does no longer operate. The inverter is I guess integrated into the lamp assembly as every one has said it is a 12 volt connection to the lamp, I also have the 84 factory manual, not much in there about this. They must use a small transformer and a reed switch to generate the voltage for the electroluminescent film to operate, that would be interesting to take apart. July 26-22 Okay got the thing off, it has 2 tabs along the top and bottom sides of the assembly opposite of each other , the top is to the left and the bottom to the right, they catch the chrome bezel and hold it in, not much to it, I can see these things popping off on their own and they look really easy to pull for someone knowing what they are going for. The glue hold the clear cover on mine came loose as it was being removed, but the whole should come out as a sealed assembly, and the unplug it from the back... the internals look to be chrome plastic "R" glued to the clear cover, a diffuser behind the clear, a shadow screen behind the diffuser, then the ectroluminesce film with 2 soldered connection to the internal electronics. Back of the film says "GRIMES PN/94-1923-3W 5934095" The vendor for the film looks to be a manufactuer of aircraft lighting, as they do electroluminesce instrument backlighting. Have not removed the electonics yet but am going too...the part no. by GM for this piece is 5934093

I bought the Arlington 20, it now rests in my shop...this car has been noticed by some over the years and it has some unusual characteristics, I does not have it's 140 mph speedometer in it, it is missing the wood covering for the dash and has the plastic pieces in their place, it is missing the proper steering wheel. Some one broke off the hood ornament, and is missing 2 of the Riviera XX emblems. I am endeavoring to secure the items I can before manufacturing the missing pieces...any help with this project would be appreciated. I also would like to acquire an un-cracked dashboard before having to repair the one I have. The location of any of the cars or people wanting to sell parts would much appreciated. Other than this the car seems to be complete and solid. I guess this is the start of a Journey...Images are of items sought and current state of affairs of the dash.

Drove it to lunch...