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Here is a diagram of what I put in my car, as well as a picture of the switch I put under the dash. I took the positive from a body feed that is always hot, attached that to the batt side of the flasher (little tin can that makes things blink) then attached the 'L' side of the flasher to my switch, then the two outputs of the switch, one is attached to the point 38G that is on the round plug for turnsignals, and the other output from my switch is attached to the wire that goes to the front parking lights from the headlight switch. This causes the brake lights to blink in the back, and the parking lights to blink in the front.
In germany we have to have the parking lights (first pull on the headlight switch) light little lamps inside the headlights, so I disconnected the '6BL' line from the headlight switch and ran that to the new lights inside my euro headlights...You shouldn't have to do this step. But....now I am not sure if the flashers will work when the headlights are on if you do not remove the 6BL from the headlight switch....
The third pole on the flasher could also go to an indicator lamp, I didn't hook up a lamp though.

Hope this helps. Would be cool if you can find a single throw double pole pull switch that looks period correct, or that has an indicator lamp built into the handle.

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Tobs, thanks for the description, pictures and diagram, they are very helpful and easy to understand. I think that I will do as you and create my own 4-way flasher configuration as opposed to buying a pre-made expensive unit.

Glad somebody can get some use out of my diagram. Like a said, the four ways stay on when the brake light switch is pressed, which is OK. In my situation, I was able to use the parking light filaments in the front turn signals for the four ways ONLY. (Because of other wiring changes I had to make for german headlights) If you leave that circuit still connected to the 'parking light' position on the headlight switch, you would have to put in a diode or something, otherwise the headlight switch will also override your flashing.

If it were up to me, in the US, I might sacrifice the lighting of the front parking lights for the ability to have four way flashers.

Tobs, I understand the use of diodes with respect to automotive lighting. I 'dinghy tow' a vehicle behind our motorhome and the installation and integration of the tow bar lighting requires the use of diodes. They are readily available, at least for 12v, I wonder about 6v systems. I still have more planning to do, but I think that your help has got my curiosity going

Don't know how many people are really interested in this, but here is a different solution. I put one of these switches in a 58 Plymouth yesterday with Gregor. The cost of the switch here in germany is about 55? (70$) from Bosch.
The 6 wires are pretty easy to hook up to power, ground and four blinkers/BLS the numbers shown are german standard pin numbers, but they are all on the round connector for the turnsignals (numbers are different for packards)
The knob lights up when the hazards are on, and so do the direction indicators in the dashboard.
The only things I don't like is that the hazard blinking has prio over the BLS, and the feel of the switch is quite plastic.

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