No, I have definitely seen it before. In fact lots of European cars had amber
brake lights, which IMHO had to do with the fact that up until the fifties most
card used semaphores for indicators.
Marc
Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com wrote:
> On U.S. Porsche 356s that came with tear drop brake lights, the entire
> light was red, covering two single element bulbs. The outside bulb was the
> brake light and turnsignal. The inside bulb was the tail light. In
> Europe, they had the amber/red lens. The amber covered the outside
> turnsignal and brake light, the red over the tail light. So, when you hit
> the brakes, amber lit up, not red. The only exception was in Australia and
> Italy, where they got a dual filament inside bulb and the tail light was
> combined with the brake light under the red lens.
>
> So, here is the LBC question, anyone know of any British or other European
> cars that also had amber brake lights? Or is this solely a Porsche oddity?
>
> Thanks,
> Jay
> 1963 Sunbeam Alpine
> 1963 Porsche 356B
> 1973 Porsche 911T
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