Air Grabber experts needed

[tak419]

Not sure if this is the right section to ask this but has anyone seen another Air Grabber switch handle like this ? It was on my 71 when I bought the car. I removed the handle from the switch and replaced it with the more commonly seen one. Out of all the 71/72 RR airgrabber cars I've owned I've never seen another.

Is this correct for a 71 RR ?

 

[flypaper]

i have seen a few cars with them,
they are not very common.

 

[WileE]

On a 71, the switch is a square-face with AIR GRABBER letters on top, and CLOSED OPEN on the bottom. With the flip lever below.

 

[tak419]

i have seen a few cars with them,
they are not very common.

Think it was an early switch design ?

 

[tak419]

On a 71, the switch is a square-face with AIR GRABBER letters on top, and CLOSED OPEN on the bottom. With the flip lever below.

Yes that is what I have in my car. So what year is this switch for ? As I stated it was in a 71 I bought in 85, was it not an original switch ?

 

[moparmarks]

Believe that is a very early 71 switch. Maybe first 2 or 3 months of production.

 

[flypaper]

Think it was an early switch design ?

yep

 

[moparmarks]

When was your car built? May want to put the early handle back in.

 

[tak419]

When was your car built? May want to put the early handle back in.

That particular car I don't own any longer. Sold it to a friend. It's been buried in his garage for 20 yrs. A 383 auto, EV2 with canopy and black strobe, ps pdb 15x7, air grabber, spoilers and orange/blk buckets and RR decor pk. Standard 3.23, no tach. Just a for looks car I guess. He wants me to buy it back and restore it but he has Barret Jacksons eyes. It's pretty solid but was lightly rear ended yrs ago and quarters were frenched in half way up with braze.

 

[QuickBpBp]

An early A/G switch. Tony D in Delaware had that early Air grabber switch and matching Rear defogger switch which had the same handle both used for sale awhile back. There was also a guy in New York that had that early Air Grabber switch and the early rear defrost switch Both Nos which I believe finally sold.