SUBJECT: 356/912 Quiz of the Week

  Recently, a freshly-painted 1968 912 was towed, straight from the body
shop, to the Maestro's shop for an Engine & Transmission Transformation.
  Two Days before the Halloween deadline, the 912 was almost finished. 
The Customer, a Platinum-Iridium Standard Old Geezer/Codger and former 
Engineer wanted Perfection for his '68 912, recently bought to satisfy 
a youthful Dream. For, once when he was much younger, the Geezer/Codger
had a 912. Now, on heart pills and a 100 Watt Hearing Aid, he was a-tryin' 
to relieve his youth. 
  The Maestro, having passed that Half-Century mark, and been
visited by the Secret Angel that imparts Wisdom, doesn't
blame him one bit. Why NOT go back to your youth, when Life was Fun, buy
a '68 912 with 114,000 miles and only a little rust, over-engineer
a Massive Fix to the perennial problem of the failed 912's
Front Suspension Mount, paint the car a nice sedate SCREAMING YELLOW
ZONKER color and have the Maestro's Tiger Team Rebuild the Power Train?
  Now the Codger was a-gettin' antsy, anxiously waiting
to pick up his Baby on Halloween Tuesday and drive her 200 miles
back home- at night.
  There was only one problem- when driving, there were NO lights in the rear!
No Tail Lights nor Brake lights! That's because the Body Shop that 
did the paint job had REMOVED all the lights- to do a decent job- but
had reattached the wires in a haste too great afterwards!
  The Maestro figured that ifin he wanted to finish
the Codger's job by the Halloween Deadline, (and get paid for it), he'd 
better get the tail and brake lights working. 
 So he pulled off the 912's rear tail light assemble. Hummh.
Separate sockets for Turn Indicator, Reverse and Brake/tail light.
Brown for Ground was hooked up like it should be. Color combo wires on the
other terminals.
Everything looks kosher. Sorta. So the Maestro went to the fuse block,.
unscrewed it and looked inside.
 It didn't take long to find the two burned-out fuses midway in the
fuse block. The Maestro replaced the one nearest the windshield.
It stayed intact. 
 Then he pulled the light switch on. The fuse brightened momentarily to 
Sun-like Incandescent, and popped with an audible "pop". 
 Hummh, thought the Maestro, firmly grasping the obvious. Looks like
we have a Short Circuit Somewhere.
 So, the Maestro went back to the rear lights, pulled off ALL the wires,
and hung them so they touched neither themselves nor any ground. Then he
returned to the fuse block and replaced the burned-out fuse again.
Again, he pulled the light switch to "on". And again the fuse attained
near-Fusion temperatures, followed by that now-familiar "pop". Sigh.

Question: 

Given: 
  A. What Works: Headlights, both High & Low Beam. Left-front Turn Signal.
Left-rear turn signal. Left-front parking light.

  B. What doesn't work: No rear Taillights. No Brake lights.
No Right-front turn signal. No Right front parking light. No Reverse lights.
Two blown fuses.

What's is/are the Problem(s)?

    (Hint: The Maestro did some of your work for you, got under the car 
and pulled off the Reverse Switch wires thinking that maybe they 
might do something. Nope. Fuse still popped.)

First person with the right answer(s) wins a free Spec Book.

KEEP THE 356/912 FAITH!
The Maestro