Casper TS16765L has four tail lights, and a red center tail light
that works as a third brake light ... of course his lineage is from
a factory rallye car so he might be "modified" ... He has BTW just
completed his Third Alpine 500 Road Rallye, with no problems and a
whole lot of fun trekking through the Northern Sierras ...
Sacramento to Crystal Bay via all "blue/black line" roads, then back
to Sacramento via a different route ... although one leg had to be
cut a little short as the road was still blocked with four (4) feet
of snow ... 50 cars competed, all pre- 1975, many BMWs, one Alfa,
three minis, one Ferrari, several Citroens ... one Triumph
(Casper) even one Austin Marina, well you get the idea ... great
fun, fast cars, fast roads ...
> > on p 118 it says at 15601 it went to chrome center light with the four tail
> > lights, except for Holland and possibly Belgium.
>
>While I'm reluctant to contradict Bill Piggott, that's not the way I read my
>SPC. It shows the chrome center light as starting at 18913 for "USA, Holland
>and Belgium only". But the "rear flasher lamp" starts at 15601 for "Exp only
>USA", which implies to me that there was some small number of cars
>(only US-spec
>cars built between 15601 and 18913) that had both a red center light
>and 4 tail
>lights. Can't remember who told me, but ISTR someone once said they
>had such a
>car, and the center lamp was wired only as a tail lamp (license lamp).
>
>> it's more that i have a small mouth, 13796, which had (we believe) the two
>> center brake lights punched in - there was no plinth in the metal - by some
>> dpo, and its an item that has been of great interest to me.
>
>I have TS13571L, and it has no holes punched in the rear apron for the turn
>signals.
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Bill Pugh
1957 TR3 TS16765L
aka
Casper
1971 TR6 CC59179L
aka
Rosey
Wallace, CA
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