[Mgs] Now I'm in for it...

[PaulHunt73]

It would depend on the bodies, which were not made in Abingdon and could 
take some weeks or even months to get there.  The factory fitted reversing 
lamps sit in depressions on the rear panel and need holes.  Until those 
bodies started coming through Abingdon could not fit them.  That's why the 
introduction point for them is quoted by body number and not chassis number. 
The body plant may also have had to wait for the modified pressings to start 
coming through.  Maybe the March/April 67 that Clausager quotes is when the 
decision was taken and the orders for the modification went out.  There is 
also the shipping time of completed cars from the UK to be taken into 
account, if you are going by vague memories in America.  But even with all 
that for the actual introduction to be as late as 69 in that case seems 
rather unlikely.

PaulH.

----- Original Message ----- 
> I suspect that the book has it wrong. I think that the introduction to the
> reverse lamps was 1969, with a few stuck on '68's, but I'm going just from
> vague memories. (I have a '69 with reverse lamps and side reflectors)