David -
To be honest, I think the flamethrowers, with as big
as they are, look much better set down and back on the
splash panel. After I made the change, my best friend
remarked that it looked more like a race car and less
like "chitty chitty bang bang" with the lights mounted
lower and further back than on the badge bar.
My car has original lucas flamethrowers... and as far
as the splash panel goes.... if there's one panel I
don't mind drilling, it's that one. easy to fix and
even cheaper to replace with new one. Plus putting
the lights on the splash panel (with the L bracket
underneath) will keep the splash panel firmly in place
(it vibrates on most 6-cyl healeys because it's not
properly fixed to the bumper).
Either way, I wish you luck and hope you like it!
Cheers,
Alan
--- davidwjones <davidwjones@cox.net> wrote:
> Alan Wrote:
> "vibrating all
> > over the place everytime you hit a small bump in
> the
> > road. Trust me this is annoying. "
>
> Tom wrote:
> "Are your the real "lucas" flamethrowers or the
> aftermarket "Moss" ones? I
> have the Moss ones and I can never get them adjusted
> right."
>
>
> Hi Tom, Alan,
>
> I hadn't considered the problem of the vibrating
> when mounting on a badge bar. Although I do have a
> vague memory of having been in a car somewhere where
> the lights did that, and Alan, you're right, It is
> annoying. I DO like the way they look on the badge
> bar better, and really have a "thing" about drilling
> holes in body panels, but it would also be nice if
> they were functional w/o the shaking.
> Guess now, I'll have to decide if I want to "see
> good when I'm driving" or "look good when I arrive".
> I bought them mainly for looks, (which is probably
> why I haven't got them wired up yet.) -I don't plan
> to do a lot of high speed night driving.... :-)
> Tom, I sprung for 1 NOS original and one very good
> rechromed original Lucas Flamethrower. (There's guy
> in CT who must have an arrangement with Satan,
> because he always has NOS goodies like lights, an
> NOS Shelly Jack, etc etc.) -Right now I still owe
> him my first born...
>
> Anyway, Tom, Having looked mine over, and a few of
> the reproductions, the reproductions look very good.
> Very hard (for me) to tell them apart. The only
> clear difference being the number of rivets through
> the back of the light. If I remember correctly my
> originals have five small rivets while the
> reproductions have 3 larger ones. I don't Know if
> the mounting / aiming hardware works any better, as
> I haven't lit them yet, but I'll let you know.
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