56/57 ash tray

[William Kaltenbach]

recently purchased an in dash ash-tray for my early 57 coupe. It has a light mounted on the snubber with an interesting contact that turns it on when you open the ash-tray. Have never seen the light before, wondering if it is original.

Bill Kaltenbach
Cochiti Lake NM
1961 B Roadster #88288
Registry # 12270

[Brad Ripley]

Let's see a photo.

[Alan Hall]

Sounds like it might be a pre-A cabriolet dash light which were very similar to an accesory ash tray for VW's, but a picture would help I.D.
Alan

[William Kaltenbach]

Thank you Brad and Alan for responding. Took me a while to figure out how to send an attachment. Hope this helps
Bill

[Alan Hall]

I've never seen one like that before. Wonder if it might have been an owner added feature....kind of clever.
Alan

[Al Zim]

The light has push on terminals which were not present in the 356 vehicles until the 356C which was manufactured at least 6 years after your car was created. I suspect this was a part made in Germany as an accessory. I have never seen one and taken a lot of 356 cars apart. al zim