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29 Apr 2003, 20:06 (Ref:584221)
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Cortina rear lights at sportscars
when i was looking at old race-car pictures, i noticed the cortina mk 1 rear lights fitted to several sports-cars:
Lola MK 1 Howmet TVR Griffith Walker Elan Are there some more? Why did they take this items? |
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29 Apr 2003, 22:57 (Ref:584392)
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"Why did they take this items?"
Probably because they were cheap & in good supply. Jeff |
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30 Apr 2003, 01:16 (Ref:584458)
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Yup.
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30 Apr 2003, 06:14 (Ref:584577)
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I think Piper too. Now they were hairy, both the youngsters who I knew had them when new had really bad shunts on the road with much damage to the cars, but surprisingly little to themselves!
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30 Apr 2003, 07:05 (Ref:584605)
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Not all Pipers ended up as shards of glassfibre - heres one at Gurston earlier this month. Sorry - I didn't get a shot of the rear lights.
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30 Apr 2003, 08:16 (Ref:584668)
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tasty looking motor, theres a white one knocking around, I saw it at Thruxton a few years ago
MK lights got used on TVR vixen S1's as well, before graduating to MK2 lights on the S2 ! readily available, cheap and they look the business IMHO 
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30 Apr 2003, 08:52 (Ref:584689)
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heres one I prepared earlier
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30 Apr 2003, 09:32 (Ref:584720)
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Pacesetter Homes Lotus 19b of Dan Gurney, also had Cortina Tail lights.
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30 Apr 2003, 09:38 (Ref:584725)
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They look good as well. It's not as bad as those TVRs with the old Fiesta tail lamps
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30 Apr 2003, 10:12 (Ref:584769)
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miles better than the new-ish griffith with -shock horror- vauxhaul cavalier lights.
a nice derrier
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30 Apr 2003, 19:06 (Ref:585470)
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Let's get realistic here - the Mk1 Cortina lights had a certain style, but their most important feature was probably that they could be mounted on a flat panel, unlike most light clusters of the era. I can imagine many decisions in the small hours of the morning that maybe a cutoff Kamm tail would give an aerodynamic advantage, not to mention saving many hours with a Surform and wet-and-dry.
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1 May 2003, 15:16 (Ref:586329)
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my only experience of kamm tails is on my Vixen, all it seems to do is create suction to bring exhaust fumes all over the back of the car! very good point re flat panels . . . the escort capri MK1 lights where the 70's equivalent I guess.
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20 May 2003, 21:06 (Ref:605293)
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My first contribution to this forum ....
 
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21 May 2003, 23:09 (Ref:606393)
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There have been some strange rear lights fitted to exotic cars. The Jag XJ220 had Rover 200 lights and the Marcos LM GT car had Mondeo hatchback lights on it. Very strange.
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23 May 2003, 11:04 (Ref:607652)
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the good old Lucas parts bin eh!
I thinking about making some MK based lights on an ally plate so I can ditch the mazak casting . . .save more weight 
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