Also on this same car I had the brake lights wired to a toggle switch. I would never ask for "a car & the leave" but if someone would offer it I would take it. If they were watching my taillghts & waiting for the brake lights to go out as I left. It was usually too late as I was already moving before they realized it & they would have to try to play catch up.
Back to my VHT stories. I also had this car's factory washer bottle filled with VHT & the pissers plumbed to the rear tires so no-one had to get off of my car to pour the VHT down. I only a couple of old pictures of it on computer