Are these mercury switches as found in hood lights on GM cars?

-----Original Message-----
From: EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 1998 1:02 PM
Subject: Makeup mirror lighting(new thread finally)

>Here's a new thread for you: Makup mirror lighting
>
>Has anyone noticed that the light on the makeup
>mirror, (on the back of the passenger
>sunvisor), has a built in tilt switch in it. If
>you should turn it on and leave it on when you
>return the visor to the up position, the light
>will automaticly go off! It's stuff like this that
>VWoA needed to advertise. I bet, even owning a
>Vanagon, not many know about this one.
>
>
>            Eric                   86-VW4x4
>            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
>            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler