I think what he might mean is a dual-filament bulb below, and a single
filament above. Their purpose, of course, is as you stated: upper,
directional and lower, stop/tail light.
Of course, it goes without saying that the tail light is the DIM
filament, and the stop light the BRIGHT one. (20 years experience in the
auto parts business sometimes forces me to state the obvious, as many people
are oblivious - no insult intended to anyone)
Jon Arzt
>From: Ian Spencer <ian@sunbeamalpine.org>
>Reply-To: Ian Spencer <ian@sunbeamalpine.org>
>To: Casey Cole <kccole@ev1.net>
>CC: alpines@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Tail Light Question
>Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 09:16:05 -0400
>
>You have a custom tail light assembly. A normal tail light assembly has
>only two lights, the top turn signal is a single bulb unit and the
>bottom is a dual bulb which supports the brake and driving lights. I
>have seen several guys convert their tail lights to a three bulb unit by
>cutting a hole in the chrome housing and adding another light socket.
>This also requires another hole to be cut into the body at the taillight
>mounting location. It's a pretty slick conversion and is probably a
>very good idea because you now have two brake lights instead of one.
>
>Casey Cole wrote:
>
> > Please help me on this one.
> > I'm restoring a '67 Beam Alpine
> > and am working on the tail lights.
> > It has three lights, a dual on the bottom
> > and a single bright on the top. Which is the
> > the brake light and which is the turn signal?
> >
> > --
> > Don't drive faster than your Angel can fly
> > K.C. Cole Austin TX
> > '73 Volvo 1800ES
> > '57 Volvo PV444
> > '67 Alpine
> >
> > --
> > Don't drive faster than your Angel can fly
> > K.C. Cole
>
>--
>Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org>
>'61 Series II Alpine B9104704 LRX
>'61 Harrington Alpine B9104782 OD HRO
>'62 Harrington Le Mans BH9115930 OD LRX
>'62 Harrington Le Mans BH9116754 OD LRX
>'62 Harrington Le Mans BH9117497 OD LRX
>
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