NY explained on 29/03/2021 :
How widespread is an interlock between lights switch and foglights, such the
turning off the sidelights resets the fogligh swithc to the off position.

Mine is all electronic. The switches just 'command' the lighting ECU,
so you cannot leave any fog lights on.

NY submitted this idea :
My mum's 1960 Morris Minor had orange (not red/white) indicators, at least
when mum bought it second-hand in 1966. They may have been fitted after-sale,
because it also had trafficators that still worked. I wonder if Mum had them
fitted when she bought the car.

I don't remember any white indicators, except in US cars. I half
remember a conversion of the mechanical arm trafficators, where the
trafficator slot had a fixed orange sticky out lens mounted over the
slot, with a built-in flasher.

On 06/04/2021 15:58, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
NY submitted this idea :
My mum's 1960 Morris Minor had orange (not red/white) indicators, at
least when mum bought it second-hand in 1966. They may have been
fitted after-sale, because it also had trafficators that still worked.
I wonder if Mum had them fitted when she bought the car.

I don't remember any white indicators, except in US cars. I half
remember a conversion of the mechanical arm trafficators, where the
trafficator slot had a fixed orange sticky out lens mounted over the
slot, with a built-in flasher.


My 1957 Austin A35 had orange indicators - and cover plates for where
the trafficators would have been !

My 1964 Ford Anglia (~105E) had white light indicators integrated into
the front sidelights. A couple of years later, Ford redesigned with
separate, orange, indicators just inside the front sidelights

That was the sort of timescale.

PA

On 06/04/2021 15:58, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
NY submitted this idea :
My mum's 1960 Morris Minor had orange (not red/white) indicators, at
least when mum bought it second-hand in 1966. They may have been
fitted after-sale, because it also had trafficators that still worked.
I wonder if Mum had them fitted when she bought the car.

I don't remember any white indicators, except in US cars. I half
remember a conversion of the mechanical arm trafficators, where the
trafficator slot had a fixed orange sticky out lens mounted over the
slot, with a built-in flasher.

yes UK cars used to have white indicators at the front and red to the
rear I remember them ......US cars are weird when you indicate you get
at the front a 5w on all the time and 21w flash with sep filaments and
flashing red to the rear.......hade to change it all on the mustang.....

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Harry Bloomfield wrote:
NY submitted this idea :
My mum's 1960 Morris Minor had orange (not red/white) indicators, at least
when mum bought it second-hand in 1966. They may have been fitted after-sale,
because it also had trafficators that still worked. I wonder if Mum had them
fitted when she bought the car.

I don't remember any white indicators, except in US cars. I half
remember a conversion of the mechanical arm trafficators, where the
trafficator slot had a fixed orange sticky out lens mounted over the
slot, with a built-in flasher.

Loads of 50s cars in the UK had white/red flashers. Think Ford were the
first.

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In article ,
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
NY submitted this idea :
My mum's 1960 Morris Minor had orange (not red/white) indicators, at
least
when mum bought it second-hand in 1966. They may have been fitted
after-sale,
because it also had trafficators that still worked. I wonder if Mum had
them
fitted when she bought the car.

I don't remember any white indicators, except in US cars. I half
remember a conversion of the mechanical arm trafficators, where the
trafficator slot had a fixed orange sticky out lens mounted over the
slot, with a built-in flasher.

I don't *think* mum's Morris Minor had *flashing* lights in the trafficator
arms. I think they were just rather dim permanently-on orange lights (as
white bulbs in an orange housing). They worked in conjunction with the
flashing indicators front and back, for a couple of years, but eventually
jammed and blew a fuse, so dad disconnected the wiring to them.

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NY wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
NY submitted this idea :
My mum's 1960 Morris Minor had orange (not red/white) indicators, at
least
when mum bought it second-hand in 1966. They may have been fitted
after-sale,
because it also had trafficators that still worked. I wonder if Mum had
them
fitted when she bought the car.

I don't remember any white indicators, except in US cars. I half
remember a conversion of the mechanical arm trafficators, where the
trafficator slot had a fixed orange sticky out lens mounted over the
slot, with a built-in flasher.

I don't *think* mum's Morris Minor had *flashing* lights in the
trafficator arms. I think they were just rather dim permanently-on
orange lights (as white bulbs in an orange housing). They worked in
conjunction with the flashing indicators front and back, for a couple
of years, but eventually jammed and blew a fuse, so dad disconnected
the wiring to them.

Don't think flashing bulbs in trafficators were ever factory.

And on your car, the flashing indicators had been added. No factory car
had both.

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Tim Streater wrote:
On 06 Apr 2021 at 15:58:45 BST, Harry Bloomfield, Esq.
wrote:

NY submitted this idea :
My mum's 1960 Morris Minor had orange (not red/white) indicators, at least
when mum bought it second-hand in 1966. They may have been fitted after-sale,
because it also had trafficators that still worked. I wonder if Mum had them
fitted when she bought the car.

I don't remember any white indicators, except in US cars. I half
remember a conversion of the mechanical arm trafficators, where the
trafficator slot had a fixed orange sticky out lens mounted over the
slot, with a built-in flasher.

Our Zephyr Zodiac (early 50s) had flashing indicators but they were red at the
back and white at the front.

Yes. As a kid, a neighbour was a pilot at a port in the middle east - so
away most of the time. On a spell of leave, he arrived in a brand new LHD
Mk1 Zodiac - early 50s. With a horn ring and flashing indicators. Think
this may have been before the car was available in the UK. I was most
impressed. Dad have a very secondhand Morris Minor. Only unusual thing
about that was it had a radio. And heater.

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In article , Harry Bloomfield
writes
NY submitted this idea :
My mum's 1960 Morris Minor had orange (not red/white) indicators, at
least when mum bought it second-hand in 1966. They may have been
fitted after-sale, because it also had trafficators that still
worked. I wonder if Mum had them fitted when she bought the car.

I don't remember any white indicators, except in US cars. I half
remember a conversion of the mechanical arm trafficators, where the
trafficator slot had a fixed orange sticky out lens mounted over the
slot, with a built-in flasher.
Me neither We had an A35 van c1958 with trafficators and they were
orange.
--
bert

In article , Peter Able
writes
On 06/04/2021 15:58, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
NY submitted this idea :
My mum's 1960 Morris Minor had orange (not red/white) indicators, at
least when mum bought it second-hand in 1966. They may have been
fitted after-sale, because it also had trafficators that still
worked. I wonder if Mum had them fitted when she bought the car.
I don't remember any white indicators, except in US cars. I half
remember a conversion of the mechanical arm trafficators, where the
trafficator slot had a fixed orange sticky out lens mounted over the
slot, with a built-in flasher.


My 1957 Austin A35 had orange indicators - and cover plates for where
the trafficators would have been !

My 1964 Ford Anglia (~105E) had white light indicators integrated into
the front sidelights. A couple of years later, Ford redesigned with
separate, orange, indicators just inside the front sidelights

That was the sort of timescale.

PA

I had a 1959 105E. Honestly can't remember the front indicators.
--
bert

In article , NY writes
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
NY submitted this idea :
My mum's 1960 Morris Minor had orange (not red/white) indicators,
at least
when mum bought it second-hand in 1966. They may have been fitted
after-sale,
because it also had trafficators that still worked. I wonder if
Mum had them
fitted when she bought the car.

I don't remember any white indicators, except in US cars. I half
remember a conversion of the mechanical arm trafficators, where the
trafficator slot had a fixed orange sticky out lens mounted over the
slot, with a built-in flasher.

I don't *think* mum's Morris Minor had *flashing* lights in the
trafficator arms. I think they were just rather dim permanently-on
orange lights (as white bulbs in an orange housing). They worked in
conjunction with the flashing indicators front and back, for a couple
of years, but eventually jammed and blew a fuse, so dad disconnected
the wiring to them.
No flashing Just a steady light.
--
bert

On 07/04/2021 20:47, bert wrote:
In article , Peter Able writes
On 06/04/2021 15:58, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
NY submitted this idea :
My mum's 1960 Morris Minor had orange (not red/white) indicators, at
least when mum bought it second-hand in 1966. They may have been
fitted after-sale, because it also had trafficators that still
worked.Â* I wonder if Mum had them fitted when she bought the car.
Â*I don't remember any white indicators, except in US cars. I half
remember a conversion of the mechanical arm trafficators, where the
trafficator slot had a fixed orange sticky out lens mounted over the
slot, with a built-in flasher.


My 1957 Austin A35 had orange indicators - and cover plates for where
the trafficators would have been !

My 1964 Ford Anglia (~105E) had white light indicators integrated into
the front sidelights. A couple of years later, Ford redesigned with
separate, orange, indicators just inside the front sidelights

That was the sort of timescale.

PA

I had a 1959 105E. Honestly can't remember the front indicators.

Google shows all models - from 1959 to 1968. Quite a short period for
so iconic a car. Mine was a B-reg. I think that the separation of the
front side/indicator was from about E-reg on.

Great car - but from day 1 rust ate into both ends of the front door
pillars !

PA

In article ,
Peter Able wrote:
On 07/04/2021 20:47, bert wrote:
In article , Peter Able writes
On 06/04/2021 15:58, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
NY submitted this idea :
My mum's 1960 Morris Minor had orange (not red/white) indicators, at
least when mum bought it second-hand in 1966. They may have been
fitted after-sale, because it also had trafficators that still
worked. I wonder if Mum had them fitted when she bought the car.
I don't remember any white indicators, except in US cars. I half
remember a conversion of the mechanical arm trafficators, where the
trafficator slot had a fixed orange sticky out lens mounted over the
slot, with a built-in flasher.


My 1957 Austin A35 had orange indicators - and cover plates for where
the trafficators would have been !

My 1964 Ford Anglia (~105E) had white light indicators integrated into
the front sidelights. A couple of years later, Ford redesigned with
separate, orange, indicators just inside the front sidelights

That was the sort of timescale.

PA

I had a 1959 105E. Honestly can't remember the front indicators.

Google shows all models - from 1959 to 1968. Quite a short period for
so iconic a car. Mine was a B-reg. I think that the separation of the
front side/indicator was from about E-reg on.

Great car - but from day 1 rust ate into both ends of the front door
pillars !

I had the 123E estate. (C reg). Replaced it with a Cortina MkIII GT.

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England
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On 08/04/2021 10:27, charles wrote:
In article ,
Peter Able wrote:
On 07/04/2021 20:47, bert wrote:
In article , Peter Able writes
On 06/04/2021 15:58, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
NY submitted this idea :
My mum's 1960 Morris Minor had orange (not red/white) indicators, at
least when mum bought it second-hand in 1966. They may have been
fitted after-sale, because it also had trafficators that still
worked. I wonder if Mum had them fitted when she bought the car.
I don't remember any white indicators, except in US cars. I half
remember a conversion of the mechanical arm trafficators, where the
trafficator slot had a fixed orange sticky out lens mounted over the
slot, with a built-in flasher.


My 1957 Austin A35 had orange indicators - and cover plates for where
the trafficators would have been !

My 1964 Ford Anglia (~105E) had white light indicators integrated into
the front sidelights. A couple of years later, Ford redesigned with
separate, orange, indicators just inside the front sidelights

That was the sort of timescale.

PA

I had a 1959 105E. Honestly can't remember the front indicators.

Google shows all models - from 1959 to 1968. Quite a short period for
so iconic a car. Mine was a B-reg. I think that the separation of the
front side/indicator was from about E-reg on.

Great car - but from day 1 rust ate into both ends of the front door
pillars !

I had the 123E estate. (C reg). Replaced it with a Cortina MkIII GT.

cool car

In article ,
Peter Able wrote:
Google shows all models - from 1959 to 1968. Quite a short period for
so iconic a car.
Not really - few body designs last more than 10 years. The Escort which
replaced it had a slightly longer run - albeit in MkI and MkII versions.

There are exceptions like the Minor and Mini. But likely because they
didn't make much of a profit.

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