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sheffcortinacentre Rank: Lancia Gamma

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have a similar boxed fm adaptor (different brand) works of a 9volt battery, also have the cassette adaptor too.

bub2006 Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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Got one of those cassettes in the xsara at the minute. Sound only comes from one side and sounds distorted. Bought one of those mp3 fm tuners, should be here today. Anything has to sound better than the cassette.

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mercrocker Rank: Isuzu Florian

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Its always good to see a pair of tits when you have your knob in your hand...

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Got one of those cassettes in the xsara at the minute. Sound only comes from one side and sounds distorted. Bought one of those mp3 fm tuners, should be here today. Anything has to sound better than the cassette.

 

A bit late, but you have to buy the (quite expensive) Sony branded cassette adapter. Anything else is shite.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-Car-Stereo-Cassette-Adaptor-for-all-iPod-MP3-CD-MD-Walkman-Players-/261893726621

Volksy Rank: Renault 16

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The Belkin ones work pretty well too.

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UltraWomble Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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Blimey ! A parking light ! I bet no 'shitter under the age of 50 has ever seen one in the wild !

My 1300 had one, damn thing never worked though.

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Blimey ! A parking light ! I bet no 'shitter under the age of 50 has ever seen one in the wild !

I was going to say that I have, then I remembered that I am over fifty

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LC Torana Rank: Citroen Ami

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I was going to say that I have, then I remembered that I am over fifty

 

Good.  Please let the rest of us know about it.

 

I see it's a light, and can see it clips on the side of the car somehow, but beyond that, I'm lost.

Timewaster Rank: Isuzu Florian

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cheeky buggers. I know what is and I'm 42!

martc Rank: Talbot Tagora

martc

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Good.  Please let the rest of us know about it.

 

I see it's a light, and can see it clips on the side of the car somehow, but beyond that, I'm lost.

 

OK, I'm old enough to remember my aunt getting in a tizzy when dusk fell and she had to hang her parking lights on the window of her Regal van.

 

Up until the early 70's cars parked on the road had to show a light to the front and back, on the offside, after dusk. As was often the case amongst the parsimonious car makers this feature was not fitted as standard and there was a flourishing after sales market for parking lights.

 

I don't think it was coincidental that the law was dropped when reflective number plates were introduced. There also introduced (or at least started to enforce) the law that cars must be parked in the direction of travel so that the rear reflectors (and reflective number plate) could substitute for parking lights.

 

Incidentally, some modern cars are still fitted with them. Usually controlled by the indicator stalk the direction of which controls which pair of lights stay on.

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Squire_Dawson Rank: Renault 16

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Incidentally, some modern cars are still fitted with them. Usually controlled by the indicator stalk the direction of which controls which pair of lights stay on.

 

That is correct, I saw it once or twice and thought, 'the nearside bulbs must've blown and the fool has left the sidelamps on', but I've seen it a couple of other times so it has to be parking lights. I thought it a bit odd though in this day and age.

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Noel Tidybeard

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^^ Mk3 Cavalier. :)

poojoe 208^^^

mk eleventy polo

Vantman Rank: Renault 16

Vantman

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Incidentally, some modern cars are still fitted with them. Usually controlled by the indicator stalk the direction of which controls which pair of lights stay on.

 

Executive Audi 80.

Pillock Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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All VWs since the 80s, latest Vauxhalls don't do it though.

Ford Mondeo used to put both left and right sidelights and taillights on, but no other lights - dash, numberplate etc. Annoyingly this was easily achieved as I got out the car and nudged the headlamp switch with me knee, the battery would be fine but guaranteed the neighbour would knock on my door about midnight and helpfully tell me I'd left the lights on. Because no dash lights illuminated, there was no giveaway inside the car that you'd turned them on.

sheffcortinacentre Rank: Lancia Gamma

sheffcortinacentre

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pre 73 mk3 cortina's have the parking light worked by the indicator stalk.

LC Torana Rank: Citroen Ami

LC Torana

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OK, I'm old enough to remember my aunt getting in a tizzy when dusk fell and she had to hang her parking lights on the window of her Regal van.

 

Up until the early 70's cars parked on the road had to show a light to the front and back, on the offside, after dusk. As was often the case amongst the parsimonious car makers this feature was not fitted as standard and there was a flourishing after sales market for parking lights.

 

I don't think it was coincidental that the law was dropped when reflective number plates were introduced. There also introduced (or at least started to enforce) the law that cars must be parked in the direction of travel so that the rear reflectors (and reflective number plate) could substitute for parking lights.

 

Incidentally, some modern cars are still fitted with them. Usually controlled by the indicator stalk the direction of which controls which pair of lights stay on.

 

Ahh, thank you.

 

ISTR that the early Rover 2000 had this feature.

 

GR9 for flattening your car battery.

 

That's a nice bit of kit, by the way.

Richard Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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When did reflectors become compulsory on cars? Was it around the same time as reflective number plates?

martc Rank: Talbot Tagora

martc

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When did reflectors become compulsory on cars? Was it around the same time as reflective number plates?

 

I don't think so, cars from the mid fifties onwards seem to have reflectors at the rear as standard. but the fitting of reflectors is a rare example of a "retro" law involving most vehicles going back almost to the Horsely Horsey.

 

According to t'inernet the retro fitting of reflectors started in the fifties (when it became compulsory for new cars to have them), but other sources suggest it wasn't until 1989 when they had to be fitted retrospectively.

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