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landon1 · Post by **landon1** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:26 pm

was there a reason some cars have clear and others have amber front lenses, or was that another deal where they just put on whatever was available when the car came down the line? just wondering...

1972RM23 · Post by **1972RM23** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:51 pm

I thought they were clear with amber bulbs in 1971 and amber lenses after than.

CtownRunner · Post by **CtownRunner** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:25 am

I think it was clear on the 71 production until April of 71 then went to amber for late bulid 71 and all 72. Anyone know for sure, correct me if I'm wrong.

Post by **bruce** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:55 am

CtownRunner wrote:I think it was clear on the 71 production until April of 71 then went to amber for late bulid 71 and all 72. Anyone know for sure, correct me if I'm wrong.

That's exactly right--late build '71s had the amber lenses and so did '72s.

landon1 · Post by **landon1** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:17 pm

huh...maybe mine got switched in the last 35 years, cuz my build date was in august of 70 and i have amber ones.

Post by **bruce** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:47 pm

I was talking Road Runners. Satellites got the amber lenses from the start.

mopar71 · Post by **mopar71** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:20 pm

My roadrunner was built early in the year and had clear lenses and amber light bulbs.
I also had a 71 satellite and that had amber lenses with clear bulbs but I dont recall the date of the satellite was built.

landon1 · Post by **landon1** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:24 pm

oh...okay, they're different...gotcha. So the GTXs were probably like the roadrunners in having the clear ones then switching to amber, since I've seen some with clear?

Post by **Dave** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:24 pm

Ok, the around Mid-April build date = all amber lenses is correct, of course that can vary by plant as to the specific dates of the changeover. As far as which models got which lenses:

Satellite Coupe (RL) - Amber
Road Runner (RM) - Clear
Satellite Sebring (RH) - Amber
Satellite Sebring Plus (RP) - Clear
GTX (RS) - Clear

Hope that clears (or ambers, depending on your model and build date) things up!

1bluegtx · Post by **1bluegtx** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:28 am

And just to confuse things further the 1971 parts book lists one part number for all 2drht R cars up to app. Feb 71 and one part number for after feb 71.It does not list seperate numbers for the sat.roadrunner or gtx.

BRIAN

71RR · Post by **71RR** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:45 am

Mine is a Sept. '70 built RR built at the St. Louis, Missouri plant, which is where the original owner lived and bought it from, and it has the clear lenses. I bought it off the second owner which moved here from Missouri and he only had it a few months.

71Satellite98661 · Post by **71Satellite98661** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 7:23 am

RH23 Satellite built April, 1971 in Los Angeles. CLEAR lenses, amber bulbs.

71bird · Post by **71bird** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:40 am

My car has a April 28, 71 SBD, and it had amber lens, and bulbs.

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