Ed’s right. These were polarized outlets on T types, one red (+) and one green (-).
Popular accessories were a trouble lamp, a map lamp, a parking lamp, and my favorite – a tea kettle.
These were for plugs very similar to banana plugs.
Since they were always “hot”, I used to plug my battery charger in to here.

See: http://jollyrogersmotors.com/store/p/452-Sirram-Electric-Car-Kettle-1950s-or-60s-NOS.html

😉 Royal2015-02-15 07:35:06

Your idea could work well, Kent. Easier than making a glove box too. 

Kent, if you bring your TDr to Carlisle, I will provide the tea, crumpets and scones.
At my first Carlisle, I won a woven picnic basket at our Saturday night raffle. (True.)

(We all bring some sort of Speedster/Spyder/TDr themed thing. New, almost new or used. Then we buy raffle tickets, and after the awards dinner, we draw numbers. It’s fun. Some of the stuff is really quite nice and rather expensive. Schu “ended up” with a heavy duty sway bar last year. I won a brand new Gene Berg oil temperature dipstick sender 2 years ago. No longer made. Pretty cool. Lots of prizes books, clothes, art, accessories etc. Everyone wins something. Proceeds pay for the hospitality room. My first year, I almost donated a like-new reel-to-reel Akai tape deck with a built in 8 track. Bruce Stumpp who organizes everything told me that it wasn’t a good idea since the winner wouldn’t be able to fit it in their roadster and get it home.)

Reading back through page 1 of this tread reminded me of my 69 Opel GT. That is a car I never should have sold.