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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967  
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why do some have side lights and indicators side by side and some vertical ? front end
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30th Dec 2017 2:09pm |
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| gcc130 Member Since: 05 Jun 2015 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 739 |
Civilian vehicles had lights side by side and military were vertical, as confirmed by your pics
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30th Dec 2017 2:40pm |
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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967
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ah cheers, do you know why the military had them like that? My 109 thread
my youtube channel |
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30th Dec 2017 2:50pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17367 
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Series II vehicles initially left the factory without indicators fitted and the front wings only had the pressed seat for the sidelight. The Optional Equipment fitting instructions for the indicators told you to fit the indicator light in place of the sidelight and cut a new hole for the relocated sidelight inboard and at the same level as the original hole, as shown in the civvy photo. Of course many were fitted differently, eg inboard of the sidelight (technically illegal), below, above, you name it. The military vehicles tended to be as shown because the number plate had three lines of 2 letters and wouldn't fit with the lights horizontal.
All of this stopped when indicators became standard and the wings were punched for both lights. |
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30th Dec 2017 5:12pm |
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| scotty38 Member Since: 21 May 2011 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 571  
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The flat aprons made it into S2a production too. The earliest examples on the S2 had a galvanised front section that was rivetted on. |
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30th Dec 2017 6:40pm |
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| Lou Sparts Member Since: 15 Apr 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 1501 
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I stand corrected sir
 2005 Td5 90 XS
Steve |
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30th Dec 2017 6:46pm |
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| WHH 001 Member Since: 10 Oct 2014 Location: Big Bay , Cape Town Posts: 13  
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Was this a special order item for the jerry can mounts?
http://www.expeditionlandrover.info/G_HerbZipkin.htm The only reference I can find why the different indicators. regards |
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6th Apr 2018 8:25am |
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| WHH 001 Member Since: 10 Oct 2014 Location: Big Bay , Cape Town Posts: 13
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6th Apr 2018 8:27am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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That's certainly what the text under the picture suggests:
They were probably a very short-lived option, given the later change to headlight position and the idea of carrying petrol on the front like that falling out of favour. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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6th Apr 2018 9:35am |
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