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Old 04-11-2013, 01:17 AM
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For the RHD cars, front would have been clear, and doubled as sidelight and indicator, flashing white. In Sept '65 UK law changed to require amber indicators, so any car built after this had an amber lens. At the same time the switch was made to two separate taillights, one amber for indicator and the other red for brake/taillight. As the car bodies were built over here, I would expect this to hold for other markets too, as I don't think lighting was fitted in the US - but I bow to the experts on that point. Anyhow, for legal requirements, that should be your change point. If the car was registered for road use after Sept '65 it would fail MOT and be illegal with clear indicators. 1965 registrations had a 'C' suffix, '66 went to 'D' etc. So a few 'C's would have the amber.
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