Lights! (Interesting and Awful please)

[CitroJim]

Back when lights were attractive and easy on the eye

[NewcastleFalcon]

It was putting on a show infront of me so I clicked the shutter. Also saw those odd union jack Mini rears in action where the indicator lights up the appropriate horizontal "spoke". Bit too obvious taking a photo so that incident didnt make it to an image for the thread.

Regards Neil

[CitroJim]

Those lights seem to be a bit of an afterthought... 5 out of ten... Could have done much better...

And the size of the vehicle! Is there no end to the automotive obesity crisis?

[myglaren]

Grim, aren't they.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Not so much for the lights..trademark Peugeot but the seasonal reg, so I took the worlds fuzziest photo.

Seasonal Numberplate

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

That is a Lucas Headlight

and its "King of the Road" according to the label

On an Austin 10

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

I have a pair of Lucas lights on ebay, if anybody here wants them postage only!!

Own work

Own work

[CitroJim]

Joseph Lucas - the Prince of Darkness

[NewcastleFalcon]

The car is a classic...literally...front lights are OK but the rear...very nice too!



Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

I loved the Consul Classic as a lad. Our neighbour opposite was one of only three houses in the street who owned a car and his was a superb Consul Classic in a beautiful 2 tone livery of salmon pink over grey. I used to go over on a Sunday morning and help him wash it which was as close as I could get to any car in those days. I loved the rear wings and lights which resembled those on my favourite american car, the Chevrolet Impala!!

[CitroJim]

Proper style and looks lovely in red

[Gibbo2286]

That's a Classic Capri, one of my customers bought one new and asked me to fit a radio, he wanted the aerial fitted in the panel behind the rear screen.
When I drilled the hole for it, I was quite surprised to find it had a quarter inch thick lead filler there.

[mickthemaverick]

That's a Classic Capri, one of my customers bought one new and asked me to fit a radio, he wanted the aerial fitted in the panel behind the rear screen.
When I drilled the hole for it, I was quite surprised to find it had a quarter inch thick lead filler there.

I don't think that is the Capri Gibbo. IIRC the Capri version was more of a coupe wirh a sloping back window whereas this is the Consul Classic with the inset raked rear window like the 105e Anglia. ???

[NewcastleFalcon]

Ford Consul Classic only reached £5,600 in the Auction against an estimate of £8000-£9,000, not sold.

Regards Neil

[Gibbo2286]

That's a Classic Capri, one of my customers bought one new and asked me to fit a radio, he wanted the aerial fitted in the panel behind the rear screen.
When I drilled the hole for it, I was quite surprised to find it had a quarter inch thick lead filler there.

I don't think that is the Capri Gibbo. IIRC the Capri version was more of a coupe wirh a sloping back window whereas this is the Consul Classic with the inset raked rear window like the 105e Anglia. ???

You're right of course Mick, the one I did was a 1961 model much earlier than the one in the picture.