Lights! (Interesting and Awful please)

[NewcastleFalcon]

Some curvaceous curves as a background to the pleasant enough lighting.

Falcon Original

Falcon Original

Neil

[Rp0thejester]

I will watch with interest Neil Depth of garage remains a problem though...

Are you considering pushing poor little defense less Bluebell out into the open??

[CitroJim]

I will watch with interest Neil Depth of garage remains a problem though...

Are you considering pushing poor little defense less Bluebell out into the open??

Not likely! She's not going to be evicted from her home... Not even a yellow GS can do that and besides, a GS would not fit in my garage, Bluebell only just fits...

[NewcastleFalcon]

As trailed on the Interiors and Dashboards ( Interesting and Awful) Thread...
Fronts

Rears


Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Know your Motorbikes

falcon original

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

...and the bike with the light is a...

Kawasaki Z900 RS
Falcon Original

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Lucas "King of the Road" Bi Flex Long Range Headlight

On this

Neil

[CitroJim]

They look absolutely the business but by today's standards, 'Long Range' might be pushing it a bit.

I've seen some advertising for old cycle acetylene gas headlights that show them lighting up the road ahead like floodlights...

Advertising standards in those days were not what they are today but made for some very great adverts exploiting to the full 'artistic license'!

[NewcastleFalcon]

The pattern on the offside headlight was different (maybe so as not to "dazzle"! oncoming drivers). Lucas as well but not the same as the BI Flex Long Range.

Neil

[Gibbo2286]

The offside headlamp is original Neil the nearside is an add on later job. possibly pincher from something superior like a Rolls.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Thanks Gibbo, excellent extras there

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

November 2023 since we had an entry to the Lights interesting/awful thread.

The thread is full of fine examples of classic looks, back to days when lights were simple round things with a bulb in and LED's hadn't been invented or applied to lighting on vehicles. As far as lighting design goes now its probably where the greatest points of difference and branding are possible. Difficult to see exactly what constraints they operate under, with difficult to see lights within lights and a harsh brightness. Then they start to be intelligent, and are probably able to screen movies on your garage door. Try not to bash into a bollard, you could well write the car off with the price of them.

But as the Jam put it, "this is the modern world", and the thread needs to embrace where vehicle lighting is now.

I am told that the Renault 5 will wink at you, and all in all quite a decent effort by Renault with the rear shading it from the front.

More on the new Renault 5 here
viewtopic.php?p=793615#p793615

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

For those who appreciate a slightly lop-sided look....just needs a top up of hydrolastic

The rather nice simple look of a Maxi front end!

When did you last see one of those in real life!

Neil

[CitroJim]

The rather nice simple look of a Maxi front end!

And rather attractive Form and function nicely blended - unlike so many of today's cars.

[mickthemaverick]

These are pretty rare!

BFTW