At 10:55 AM 11/11/95 -0500, you wrote:
>On Fri, 10 Nov 1995, Kirk Stanford wrote:
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>> Can anyone tell me the tail light configuration on a 1970 Triumph Spitfire
>> MK III?
>Sure can. The 1970s were sort of an odd-ball setup, and it was a
>one-year-only thing, although somewhat similar to what preceded it.
>
>Taillight lamp units were the same as 62-69, although the original lens
>was NOT the same. The shape was similar on the 1970 but it did not have a
>reflector built in as do the earlier lenses (the only ones you can
>usually find nowadays). The turn signal lamps had plastic
>ribbed/fluted-on-the-inside amber lenses; just inboard of these were red,
>round "reflectors". Over the license plate was a large body colored
>"plinth" that contained two small lamps to light the plate, and a single
>small rectangular backup light (same lamp as used for a side lamp on some
>Herald 1200s, BTW).
>
>All of the above was done (I think) to conform to U.S. regulations, and
>all of the above describes a U.S. spec. Spitfire or GT6+. There might be
>minor differences for other markets.
>
>Andy Mace
Andy,
If I understand correctly it would look like this:
red amber amber red
reflector light light reflector
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Thanks again for your help,
Kirk STanford
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