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Well Graham you are lucky that nobody damaged the car by drilling big holes and installing some cobbled up arrangement. The TD lamps that you have seem to be one of the more popular upgrades though. They certainly beat trailer lamps stuck on either side of the tub that I have seen. Some folks have attached motorcycle signals on the side of the tub and this looks a bit better. I run double D lamps with brighter bulbs on my TC and try to stay out of heavy fast traffic as this is not that good of as a solution either. Frankly there is nothing out there that keeps a vintage look and really provides what you are looking for. I have seen plug in rear lamps that are held by magnets and sit on top of the petrol tank and are easily removable and this is probably the best arrangement for safety when in use. However, I hate the look and don't want to deal with them. I have thought about mounting a large single rectangular trailer type lamp behind the spare tire to the tire bracket that incorporates both a red stop lamp and a flashing yellow indicator lamp. The mounting is up a bit higher more in the line of sight and I figure when flashing this and the D lamps would be reasonably visible for braking and turn indication. Also this arrangement would be less visible when not in use. Maybe someone else has a better idea?Steve TC2911 in cold snowy Ohio
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[b]Subject:[/b] [mg-tabc] Rear lights
Hi,
The "Sheet metal repair" topic was of interest to me as I am planning on renovating the rear wings on my TA and am wondering what to do about rear lights. At present I have lights that look like this:
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The problem of the crease down the rear wing was "solved" by a previous owner by putting thick, soft rubber between lamp and wing. I am hoping to improve on this. I think my car (TA1660) would have had a single rear light which is no longer an option. I guess I could use the twin D lamps either end of the number plate as used on later cars but I quite like the visibility provided by my lamps' current position.
Any suggestions on how to provide rear lights that are nicely visible and look in keeping with the car, even of not original?
Graham
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