Dumb C3 things
Instructor
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Colorado Springs Colorado
Mine just started working the other day when i was connecting some relays for my headlights, I was jiggling the brown wire that goes to low beam and then i started hearing a buzzing inside, my dash was kinda lit up and that buzzer would only stop once i turned off the headlights, strange alarm.
Le Mans Master
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From: Denton, Texas
Le Mans Master
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From: Denton, Texas
I found a bag of them in tucked away in the rear shock tower access ports in my '70 Mustang a few years ago. 
Limping across the line
Joined: Oct 2002
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From: Peoria Az
Things i'm meh about :
Flappy map pockets instead of a real glove box
Battery location. Granted its better than a C2.
Things I love(except when I have to fix them)
Wiper door
Hidden headlights
T-Tops
Flappy map pockets instead of a real glove box
Battery location. Granted its better than a C2.
Things I love(except when I have to fix them)
Wiper door
Hidden headlights
T-Tops
Le Mans Master
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From: Palmdale CA
Racer
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 419
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From: Lewisville TX
I removed the alarm switch on my 75. Makes the fender so much better looking!
Alarm never worked anyhow... and she's always in the garage when at home.
The battery behind the drivers seat came in real handy, when the car wouldn't start.. just wiggled the + cable, and she fired up. Didn't have to get out and pop the hood!
Things I could live without: Vacuum for the headlights.. Electric motors are much better.
Alarm never worked anyhow... and she's always in the garage when at home.
The battery behind the drivers seat came in real handy, when the car wouldn't start.. just wiggled the + cable, and she fired up. Didn't have to get out and pop the hood!
Things I could live without: Vacuum for the headlights.. Electric motors are much better.
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Limping across the line
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From: Peoria Az
Pro
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Pitman NJ
Mine just started working the other day when i was connecting some relays for my headlights, I was jiggling the brown wire that goes to low beam and then i started hearing a buzzing inside, my dash was kinda lit up and that buzzer would only stop once i turned off the headlights, strange alarm.
My seat belt buzzer started working during a parade. I had no idea what it was until I buckled up at the end to leave.
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From: Hunterdon Cty NJ
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From: Palmdale CA
Pro
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From: Lititz PA
Happy New Year!
A lot's been said about what's to love and hate about C3s. But what about the dumb things that are still sort of cool? By that I mean - a feature, component, part, or characteristic that miraculously still functions but you'd probably not miss if it didn't. Or anything which seems charming because it's silly, or obsolete.
Here are some of mine:
1. The little square dash light that reminds me the headlights are coming on.
2. Ashtray cover that slides backwards from a dead stop.
3. 'Automatic' headlight bright switch (automatically/inadvertently operated by pilot's left foot).
A lot's been said about what's to love and hate about C3s. But what about the dumb things that are still sort of cool? By that I mean - a feature, component, part, or characteristic that miraculously still functions but you'd probably not miss if it didn't. Or anything which seems charming because it's silly, or obsolete.
Here are some of mine:
1. The little square dash light that reminds me the headlights are coming on.
2. Ashtray cover that slides backwards from a dead stop.
3. 'Automatic' headlight bright switch (automatically/inadvertently operated by pilot's left foot).
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2009
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Well they didn't have computer geeks back then and electronic thingy to wow he buyer .....
So .....they had to have some sort gimmicks , to make the car stand out as new and different , ahead of its tine... and they used mechanical funky mousetrap crap devices
So .....they had to have some sort gimmicks , to make the car stand out as new and different , ahead of its tine... and they used mechanical funky mousetrap crap devices
Last edited by LS4 PILOT; Jan 3, 2015 at 06:49 PM.
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Pro
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From: El Sobrante CA
I was going to ask something similar: anybody actually use that system regularly? I've never gone through mine - even just for the fun of getting it to function.
Instructor
Joined: May 2013
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From: Ct
As I read Ignatz's post "The little map clip on the front of the seats. Who uses that"? I said no, that's for the lap belt... As I read "Gator79" response I chuckled and thought to myself; GM thought of everything. . If I"m gonna be driving my car hard I better store those seatbelts first so they're not flopping around during hard corners.. Sounds to me like the dumbest C3 thing!! LOL just kidding around!
LOL just kidding around!
Last edited by PeteL46; Jan 5, 2015 at 08:02 AM.
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Cameron Park CA
As I read Ignatz's post "The little map clip on the front of the seats. Who uses that"? I said no, that's for the lap belt... As I read "Gator79" response I chuckled and thought to myself; GM thought of everything. . If I"m gonna be driving my car hard I better store those seatbelts first so they're not flopping around during hard corners.. Sounds to me like the dumbest C3 thing!!
Pete