I have run glass behive amber lenses on my BT7 for over 30 years as my only
rear lenses. I will install new red lenses as part of my rebuild.
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 3:55 PM, BJ8 Healeys <sbyers@ec.rr.com> wrote:
> Not according to the BMC Parts List for BJ7 and BJ8.
> The parts list distinguishes between Germany/Sweden and everyone else as
> far
> as the external light configuration is concerned.
>
> Only cars for Germany and Sweden got separate indicators for stop lights
> and
> turn signals as early as the Phase 1 cars. The rear turn signals were
> small
> (amber) glass beehive lenses in the upper pods (instead of the reflectors
> for non-German/Swedish cars), while the stop lights had small red glass
> beehive lenses. When the stop light lenses were changed to the larger red
> plastic lenses, the rear turn signal lenses were also changed to the larger
> plastic amber lenses. This happened for cars to Germany from body number
> 75208 and up, and for Sweden at body number 76138 and up.
> Body 75208 went into HBJ8L/30116 (built 23 - 29 December 1964), and body
> 76138 was for HBJ8L/31259 (built 1 - 2 April 1965) or HBJ8/31336 (built in
> March 1965). Interestingly, BMIHT data records body 76138 for both 31259
> and 31336.
>
> I don't see any configuration in the parts list for large red plastic stop
> light lenses with small amber beehive rear turn signal lenses. But as
> with
> many configuration details relating to these cars, what is apparently
> original is not always per the manual. We also have to recognize the
> potential for previous-owner activity in configuration changes.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC USA
>
> From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:
> healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Herbert Miller
> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 2:16 PM
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Healeys] BJ8 rear lights
>
> Question for the list.
>
> Was there ever a BJ8 built with large lights on the bottom, (red brake
> light) and small amber lights on the top?
>
>
>
> Herb Miller
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