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Old 10-18-2022, 03:44 PM
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Was the optional hazard flasher for 65 GTO a factory installed, or a dealer only installed Option? Any help appreciated. Thank you.

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Old 10-18-2022, 04:10 PM
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The Flare-Stat is one of the dealer installed optional units. They pop up every now and then. They come with a plug in harness that fits right into the factory wiring harness.

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Old 10-18-2022, 07:31 PM
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It was Factory or Dealer installed.

There are two types of kits;
An early 1965 kit that required a hole to be drilled in the lower DS dash, this was due to the early Speed-O gauges not having the hole punched for the bulb socket.

The 2nd/later kit had the correct socket to plug into the back of the Speed-O pod.

If you happen upon an early kit but have a late build '65 Lectric Limited has the correct harness for the Speedo
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Thanks for the correction Jeff. I was speaking from my experience on my ‘64.

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Old 10-19-2022, 01:39 AM
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Bought a 4 way flasher kit for my 64 Lemans, was a universal kit made by Flare stat I do believe, 5 wires to hook up from what I can remember.
But upon using the flasher and stepping on brake pedal, the engine started to crank. Was feeding power back to ignition switch thru brake pedal switch.
Maybe I had some wires crossed?? No they were all the same colour, LOL. End up putting diode in the brake switch wire so it could not feed power back
into the pedal. Kinda scared me first. works good now though. Just haven't had a need to use it yet.

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Guys,
I really went far left and just realized the OP was asking about Flashers and I brain-farted into Parking Brake.

My apologies.

However, the Hazzard Flasher kit was also a Factory or Dealer add-on.

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FWIW here is the same thing installed in my 65 Chevelle. I think Pontiac used a little chrome bezel and mounted it horizontally under the dash, but this is how they put them in Chevelles. The switch and wiring are all the same as Pontiac though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbOWf33oT7k

I *think* this one shows more how Pontiac installed these. This was in my 65 Chevelle wagon. The bezels actually used may have looked different for Pontiac. But like I said above, the wiring and switch are all the same. In this instance I used a reproduction switch and had to rewire it a bit to fit the A-body system, but that was just get the wiring into that little half moon plug connector. I used my original referenced above as a guide along with a wiring schematic I found in a dealership accessories install manual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqQenB2mceU


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Thank you all for your responses. It was on the car when I purchased it. When I got the PHS documents I also ordered a reproduction window sticker. The flasher was not listed on the sticker. It is a Flare-Stat plug & play unit so I'm assuming it was dealer installed or a previous owner installed it. Thank you all again.

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Old 10-19-2022, 12:51 PM
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Yep, dealer installed. On the original dealer invoice for my Chevelle the flashers are listed, but as a dealer install for sure. Again, FWIW:
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Yep, dealer installed. On the original dealer invoice for my Chevelle the flashers are listed, but as a dealer install for sure. Again, FWIW:
So cool, wish I could get posi-traction installed for $37.70 nowadays!

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So cool, wish I could get posi-traction installed for $37.70 nowadays!
And one of those accessory hazard flashers for $8.95!

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The YouTube video looks just like the under dash flasher unit on my old 66 lemans. Also not on the phs

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'65 FLARE-STAT's had a full Chrome mounting bracket and I've seen at least two styles of knobs.
I don't know if it was just an early or late thing,
what I didn't like about some of the early switches were the clip-on/pinch connectors Vs the plug-and-play in '66,


The '66 mounting bracket differed slightly see attached;
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'65 FLARE-STAT's had a full Chrome mounting bracket and I've seen at least two styles of knobs.
I don't know if it was just an early or late thing,
what I didn't like about some of the early switches were the clip-on/pinch connectors Vs the plug-and-play in '66,


The '66 mounting bracket differed slightly see attached;
I might add one at some point to cover a hole drilled in the dash at that spot; when I first had my car there was a remote horn switch since I guess they couldn't get the steering wheel circuit to work so I left it that way, but now there is a hole where it looks like a through-switch was installed in the past.

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