TC EXU'S second fuse box
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2001 10:12 am
The YT EXU preceded the TC EXU by about six months. The unique items of
the TC EXU wiring and electrical parts were taken right off the YT EXU
along with the bumpers and overriders. Since the need for the second
fuse box was already there and known I would think it highly unlikely
that any TC EXU'S were produced without it. The fuse box for the YT was
Lucas Model SF5/2 with two 50 amp fuses. Unfortunately the Service Parts
List for the TC EXU omits the model designation but all other model
numbers relating to electrical parts are the same as the YT.
The early YT and TC EXU Windtone Horns are WT614'S with a circular
"trumpet". My YT EXU 4217, produced in late November 1949 just as TD
production was beginning, has the triangular shaped trumpet as was used
on the TD and I am as certain as I can be that they are original as I
bought the car in 1956 and the first owner who I know has told me that
he made no modifications to the car. So it is possible that some of the
last TC EXU'S could also have the "TD" type horn. Terry (TC 8202)