This has been a "full" old car day. After lunch, we set out for Lafayette to the local Maaco. They had called and said that they had finished with installing the rear spacers that I had left (freshly painted) in the trunk for about a year on the '79 Fleetwood. Traffic was at a momentary lull while we got out of town, and back on the Heartland Highway to home. The heat/air had healed itself, so I did not freeze on the way home. I'm going to give the lever a good spraying with electrical cleaner before I put it away this evening.
I decided to run to the county seat to where our local Chevy dealer had moved to see if they could check the fuse on the brake lights on the Seville. It turned out that the fuse was OK, but my local mechanic had disengaged the brake pedal switch. After hooking it back up, the young mechanic was pushing on the pedal and there was still no lights.
I said, "Wait a minute," and dug the keys from my pocket. He quickly said, "Oh, all cars, if you push on the pedal, the brake lights come on."
I turned the ignition on and presto, we had brake lights. So, we have a "given" That '80-85 Sevilles and (probably) Eldorados from '79-85 have to have the ignition on for the brake lamps to come on.
Something else to remember during the judging process. Leave the car running until you are through with the lights.
