Radio Antenna Switch

I do have two of these with significantly different design: one from my 81 400i which does not feel smooth and one from an older car that seems to work well but missing the mickey mouse plastic bit. Both are far from perfect and will require new lubricant... I am currently "locked" at home so won't be in a position to ship these before a few weeks but I can ask my mechanic to take some pics (he has my car, switches are in the glovebox...).

Would be interested in a trade for regular Lucas switch...

 

412 switches are available but visibly different.

 

The toggle switches are all right out of an old lotus if its the puck style knob. I buy the switches out of the UK new and inexpensive.

 

Any link?

 

I bought a 308 hazard switch from them for 11 GBP.

I bought an antenna switch from them in the past for a 308 as well and I think it was about $80 Canadian.

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Having owned 3 Lotus in past years, I have a good supplier. I check web site and the Elan rocker switches are not like mine.

 

Here is the Elan switch.
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This just reminds me the expensive outcome of the hunt for my dual mirror switch...

That's the one I have, I was about to salvage the hear and nut in order to convert a cheap Lucas into a proper Ferrari toggle switch. Destroying a $600 switch in order to recreate a $42 switch is sacrilegious, but I was about to do it when Eurospares said they had no stock left. Fortunately the nut is not compatible with the Toggle switches so did not destroy the antenna switch in the end... (I am stuck with the regular Lucas on my dashboard).

So not interested in your hard earned money, but if you can find a "real" regular toggle switch you've got a deal.

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I do have somewhere an alternative switch that is missing the Michey ear, this you can have for free (if I can find it after the lockdown...)

Drop me a PM if desperate...

 

If it can help, here is something looking like a "Mickey's ear"

https://www.partscollector.com/en/mostraArticolo.php?IDArticolo=2960

And a toggle switch:

https://www.partscollector.com/en/mostraArticolo.php?IDArticolo=4797

 

These and the Lucas switches do not have the proper ring. No big deal but, it's annoying to have one switch not like all the other switches! So annoying that some of us are likely to pay such insane amount.

My mirror switch ended up at $400 when factoring for shipping and the ring that was sold separately! Did not factor the work involved in removing all the corrosion. Seems an excellent deal given today's prices...

 

Here is the proper ferrari style for the ring compared to the Lucas. As seen the antenna switch does have a smaller in'er diameter specific to this switch, all the other switches do use the same diameter as the Lucas.

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I found some lucas RECESSED switch bezel on ebay that do look slightly more stock, but not perfect.

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As a cheap no-nonsense solution, one could buy a Lucas 31743 3 position switch, recessed switch bezzel, Mickey's Ear (as per Rovexienus comment), and 2 micro relays.

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This would obviously be not perfect as this lucas switch is 1) not momentary and 2) does toggle only one wire (hence the need for the relays), but this would work and would look perfectly stock.

Last but not least, one could also get rid of the semi-automatic antenna, buy a full automatic version, and just use a basic toggle switch!

 

A bit pricey, but...
https://www.ital-spares.com/brand/ferrari/3646/knob-for-switch/knopf-fuer-schalter?c=60