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Re: [TR] TR3A low mounted 3rd brake light??

To: John Macartney <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>, Triumph car
Subject: Re: [TR] TR3A low mounted 3rd brake light??
From: 60TR3A <60TR3A@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:55:53 -0700
That won't work here in Phoenix.  My top is up maybe 10 days a year??   
although I often think about putting it up in the summer just for  
shade!!!

John

On  17 Jan, 2008, at 5:05 PM, John Macartney wrote:

> John Wise wrote:
> But in
>> our LBCs there is really no place high enough to be near t eye level
>> of the guy behind you - particularly if she is riding in an SUV.
>
> John, a friend here in the UK has been shunted twice in his Spitfire  
> and has come up with a neat solution, though I'm not totally sure  
> it's fully legal. It definitely works! As we often drive top-up in  
> the UK, Peter has rigged a fog lamp on a hinged bracket just inside  
> the rear window. The lens has been painted red and the bulb is a 100  
> watt halogen for off-road use. The whole is tilted slightly upwards  
> to ensure widespread spread at windscreen level about 60 feet behind  
> the Spit. It's not too unlike looking at a (red) aircraft landing  
> light at very close quarters! Idea?
>
> Jonmac

John A. Wise
Glendale, AZ

1960 Triumph TR3A
Commission No: TS80422L
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