
Q: What’s missing? (hint: after a brief blaze of glory yesterday – actually running for the first time in a decade! – the part that heretofore occupied the area plugged up with a rag has been temporarily removed, off to the shop to be fitted with an electronic ignition, as part of the de-Lucasization campaign)
A: The OEM Prince of Darkness Lucas distributor
Dash together, and switches & electrics all working again, after my first attempt at replacing speedo proved hazardous to the hazard switch, disconnecting one or more of its sundry connections.

And thusly the mighty Lucas, Prince of Darkness, was at long last smote down by a lowly American-made (Painless) hotrod wiring harness as it was spaketh unto him: “let there be light!”

… unto all four corners did it shine …

… it even shown inward, illuminating all!
The long and winding road of restoring and maintaining a 1974 Triumph Spitfire 1500