Re: SER1 86" rear lights

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Hello Diana and all,

In the UK, any vehicle, be it car, Land Rover or lorry etc as long as it was
first used before 5th September 1960 is allowed to have white side lights at
the front and red brake lights at the rear as turn signal indicators. I have
a letter from the Gov Minister at the Dept of Transport around 1988 to prove
that is the case. Nothing has changed since in these rules and it would be
an MOT pass.

Sensibly, what you cannot do is mix and match them at each end, so you can't
have red AND amber at the rear, or one red, one amber. At the front, both
must be white or amber, not white AND amber. You can however, have white at
the front and just amber at the rear.

My very first (1952) 80" Series One which I bought off a farmer but was
straight out the Mersey Tunnel Police in 1964 had this system, as did my
1958 ex army Series One bought at army auctions, Ruddington. I have removed
the amber flashers ever since which misguided souls have installed and
therby ruined perfectly good body panels. Whether anyone thinks the old
system is safe in modern traffic or not is another issue, I have never had
problems, but don't use it every day. If it flashes, others will see your
intentions. The semaphore arms are a bit dodgy in this respect and always
were a bit reluctant to pop out.

For this system, there is the simple mechanical Lucas switch  as shown in
the manual or an expensivce Lucas box of electronics as fitted to early
Morris Minors etc. I did make the system up on a tiny board at Uni using
microelectronics which can be done very cheaply these days, but I prefer the
old switch on the extra dash panel.

Cheers

Martin




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eighty Inch" <eightyinch@xxx.xxx.xx>
To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 1:41 AM
Subject: Re: SER1 86" rear lights


> Alyn
>
> I understand your problem, in Australia as (I believe) in the UK side
lights
> (on the front) are REQUIRED to be white and indicator lamps are REQUIRED
to
> be amber both front and rear.  So the option of flashing the red stop lamp
> is not acceptable to the registration authorities.
>
> Recently Hal, a member from the Victorian S1 register, was experimenting
> with clear and amber Hi Intensity LEDs for the front lamps.  If you are
not
> concerned about authenticity then this may be the way to go.  He found
that
> in a ratio of 6:1 Amber:Clear the amber gave a bright flash which
> overwhelmed the intensity of the clear which remained on continuously.
>
> Alternatively the Complete Automobilist has a kit to convert the classic
> Lucas 1130 wing top sidelamps using small halogen globes.  Perhaps you
could
> modify this arrangement.
> http://www.completeautomobilist.co.uk/mysite/WebRaw/item576.htm
>
> For the rear you will have to go with something like the Lucas 1284
similar
> to Wren's sand colour 86 you mentioned.  You could fit them low on the
other
> side of the chassis bracket and still fit the UK Number plate.
> http://www.completeautomobilist.co.uk/mysite/WebRaw/item583.htm
>
> The final option is to fit a period style reversing lamp on each side of
the
> rear and use amber 21w globes.  You may find local suppliers however
Anthony
> Pearson acpearson@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx from Vintage and Classic bulbs in
Australia
> (the people who make halogen replacement bulbs for the standard S1
> headlamps) http://www.classicandvintagebulbs.com have amber bulbs which
fit
> the standard BA15s fittings (single pin globes)
>
> Lots to think about!
>
> Cheers
> Diana
>
> P.S. - B.T.W. the Speed Limited 75 has been removed from Wren's 86"
(Little
> Bit - the one with the "I'm old" number plate) since he fitted a Rocky
> Mountains Roverdrive.
>
>
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