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I do think lights become a bit more interesting at dusk

Very rare set of photos, can't recall too many night-time original images from the FCF faithful of cars in their fleet. Adds a touch of atmosphere to the ordinary, its what lights are for!
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On one of these it was always going to be a LUCAS
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I wonder which had the greatest usage over the years - the Lucas 700 series headlamp, Lucas dome indicators (L760 / L874) or Lucas stop/tail lamps (L760 / L874) ? A huge swathe of British cars and bikes used them 'back in the day'.
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A night-time picture with these illuminated might be nice...Citroen going for the World's tallest rear light cluster.
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I can supply that photo later on and my C8 is the same colour so even better
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Nice observation by hubnut in his video I posted here
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Most modern headlights/engine bays make this simple task just a little more awkward :-D
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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 10 Aug 2023, 14:21 A night-time picture with these illuminated might be nice...Citroen going for the World's tallest rear light cluster.

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That's very tall, looks like a better effort than the Mk1 C4, I was quite disappointed when I had mine that the top piece had no bulbs at all!
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A couple of car park shots of the C8 lights so not in pure darkness.
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Cortina-esque?
Cortina-esque?
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Lancia: I'm seeing a bit of Mk 1 Granada there too
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That's a Ford Granada back end I've never seen, that looks good
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Rp0thejester wrote: 15 Sep 2023, 20:16 That's a Ford Granada back end I've never seen, that looks good
Try watching a few episodes of The Sweeney on ITV4 and you'll see one in action!! :-D
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That's like saying watch the Pope, aint gunna happen, she's in control of the TV. Happy Wife, happy life
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Time for another TV in the mancave!! :-D
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