'76 Seville door control ID?

[mistertudball]

I was just flipping thru Hemmings and read an article about a '76 Seville and was puzzled by one of the photos.  On the driver's door, I see the power window controls, power seats, door locks, and side mirror adjuster but there is also a rather large black rocker switch.  What's that for?  All I can think of is a reading lamp but on the driver's side?  Just curious.

[Jeff Rosansky CLC #28373]

I seem to remember that. Is that the actual door lock itself?
Jeff

[mistertudball]

The button just south of that looks like the power lock button.  Considering how Novaesque they were, I kind of chuckled when they first came out, but now am a tad smitten.  But as a daily driver and I'm not sure I could do that in the salty Midwest.

[Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621]

Jeff is correct - it is the manual door lock. It was used instead of the conventional knob at the top rear of the door panel.

[mistertudball]

Thanks.  I've never seen anything like that before.

[TJ Hopland]

Is the 5th window switch the passenger lockout?

[TMoore - NTCLC]

That must be an early conceptual image.  In all of my Sevilles, the 4 window switches on the driver's door panel are in a single block, not separated by that slight space in the image.  And yes, the 5th switch is the window lock-out, and it is separated from the window switches by the wood grain.

[Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621]

I agree it's a pre production image - probably from the 1976 catalog.