Not only were they the colour for an indicator lamp, that type of lamp was
fitted to other vehicles in the UK. IMHO Land Rover Ltd was the last major
manufacturer to use them in the UK and at least one of the prototype Range
Rovers had them to the front. They seemed to be a favourite with car sized
trailer builders as well.
Lights were not different colours from side to side as Hal suggests, they
were (and still are) red facing rear and white facing front. Indicator
lights can be either amber or white to the front and amber or red to the
rear.
Guy R Day
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hal Faulkner" <frog.aye@gmail.com>
To: <corvallis@peoplepc.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Glass light
> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:16 AM, <corvallis@peoplepc.com> wrote:
>
>> Sometimes the plastic ones will change color in sunlight. And maybe, in
>> Europe, they favored yellow on one side or the other. I think it dates
>> back
>> to when they'd park halfway up on the sidewalk at night, and leave a
>> running
>> light on. The Mercedes in the 1950's still had a separate light switch
>> setting that would light their left or right side low-wattage light for
>> night sidewalk parking. ...bill in corvallis
>>
>
> My wife's car is an '82 380SL, I always wondered what that weird light
> switch was for! Now I know.
> Hal
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