[Healeys] High beam warning light color

Bruce Steele healeybruce at roadrunner.com
Fri Aug 14 23:17:49 MDT 2020


Oh, wow—you’re right, Ron.  The tach has the generator light and the speedo has the high beam.  Dang—now I might have to take my speedo out and change the gel to blue for the times I never use my high beams!

 

Bruce Steele

Brea, CA

1960 BN7

 

From: Ron Fine [mailto:ronfineesq at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2020 7:42 PM
To: Bruce Steele <healeybruce at roadrunner.com>; 'Healey Mailing List' <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] High beam warning light color

 

Hi Bruce,

 

Your quote from Anderson and Moment is correct but their description is contradicted by the faces of my speedo and tach.  In my BN7 the tach has printed on the face above the red colored lens “Ignition”  and the speedo has printed above the blue light “ High Beam”.   Foreign Speedo put a red lens into my speedo but after reviewing the feed back here and other sites I decided to put the blue lens into the High Beam on the speedo and the red lens in the Ignition warning light on the tach.. 

 

After 15 years of driving my car without any colored lens I am happy to see color now.

 

Thanks to everyone for the advise and information.

 

Ron Fine  

 

From: Bruce Steele 

Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 9:50 PM

To: 'Ron Fine' ; 'Healey Mailing List' 

Subject: RE: [Healeys] High beam warning light color

 

Hi, Ron.  According to Anderson and Moment, pg. 104, “On the right was the tachometer with a number on the face indicating the ratio, and incorporating the red (emphasis mine) high-beam warning light.”  Based on this, I used a red lens (a piece of stage light gel) when I had mine apart.

 

Bruce Steele

Brea, CA

1960 BN7

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Ron Fine
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 7:27 PM
To: Healey Mailing List <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net> >
Subject: [Healeys] High beam warning light color

 

I need some help with the proper color for the high beam warning light in my ‘61 BN7.

 

The 2004 Originality Guide (page 9) says that cars destined for “continental export” had blue warning lights for the high beam and red for the ignition warning light.  My car was shipped directly to California for sale by a dealer here.  Is that considered “continental export”?

 

I just had my speedo repaired by Foreign Speedo.  The little colored lens for the high beam warning light was missing since I bought the car.  Preston told me they discovered a red lens inside and he reinstalled it.  

 

So, I am wondering if it should be blue or red?  Since I have the gages out,  now would be the time to make it right if I can find out what is right.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks

 

Ron Fine

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