Extra holes behind the tail lights?
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reverse lights?
backing up alarm?
backing up alarm?
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h20hamelan - Coveted Fifth Gear
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Lincoln62 wrote:Most early S2's had 4 round lights like S1's.
By the staining on the panel this looks like it had the Vauxhall lights like the later S2 or something similar.
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My car 4088 has S1 lamps, as did your 3984, and the Vauxhall lamps look much better so it's a likely upgrade.
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I'm wondering if the added holes were for lamps for a UK license plate
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It did come with a front plate that may have come from the UK.
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The C at the end means the car was first registered in 1965.
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If they were plate illumination lamp holes, wold the inside lights not block the light?
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h20hamelan wrote:If they were plate illumination lamp holes, wold the inside lights not block the light?
Yes, they certainly would. Perhaps the adjacent hole was blocked off and the outer lamp hole had a combination brake/tail/turn signal lamp?
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StressCraxx wrote:I'm wondering if the added holes were for lamps for a UK license plate
Early (26 series) British Elans had a lamp like on the dash lamp centrally above the registration plate between the tail lamps. There must be pictures on the forum showing it (mine is not correct but in the right place).
USA export models had totally different lamps to UK, I believe.
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There's no space to add a light to go within the existing lamp without severe butchery.
Could someone have added a lamp the other way around to act as a boot illuminator?
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Could a previous owner added a small reversing lamp to each side. The pattern looks like some of the Lucas offerings similar to those used at the rear of +2s and MGBs
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By size and position original 2x2 tail lamp setup S1 style replaced by Vauxhall cluster S2 style. The small hole for the outer lamp probably disapeared in the outer big hole.
The size of the small S1 hole is the same as the front indicator hole and fixings.
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The size of the small S1 hole is the same as the front indicator hole and fixings.
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