Clear vs. Orange turn signal lamp housing?

Post by **bruce** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:58 pm

Do a username search on him and look at the threads he's posted. There was one thread he posted of the build of the car and it's a REAL treat to look at. Not only does he have a beautiful car, he's really good with a camera too!

gionni · Post by **gionni** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:27 pm

thanx man!!

here is the thread... http://www.roadrunnernest.com/forum/vie ... highlight=

DeLorean00 · Post by **DeLorean00** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:33 pm

gionni wrote:thanx man!!

here is the thread... http://www.roadrunnernest.com/forum/vie ... highlight=

WOW, I LOVE YOUR CAR!!

Sorry, I didn't mean to hi-jack this thread.

Once agian, WOW!

Post by **bruce** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:38 pm

DeLorean00 wrote:
gionni wrote:thanx man!!

here is the thread... http://www.roadrunnernest.com/forum/vie ... highlight=

WOW, I LOVE YOUR CAR!!

Sorry, I didn't mean to hi-jack this thread.

Once agian, WOW!

And add to that Gionni built his American beast in Switzerland! Imagine trying to find parts for a 40-year-old European car here... and imagine how expensive it would be!

DeLorean00 · Post by **DeLorean00** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:03 pm

bruce wrote:
DeLorean00 wrote:
gionni wrote:thanx man!!

here is the thread... http://www.roadrunnernest.com/forum/vie ... highlight=

WOW, I LOVE YOUR CAR!!

Sorry, I didn't mean to hi-jack this thread.

Once agian, WOW!

And add to that Gionni built his American beast in Switzerland! Imagine trying to find parts for a 40-year-old European car here... and imagine how expensive it would be!

I saw that, just amazing!!

Post by **Eric** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:32 pm

Dave wrote:Now the one really interesting part that I have, and the only one like it I've ever found, is a turn signal housing that originally came with clear lens and still had the amber bulb in it, but instead of the normal silver reflector, had an amber tint to the reflector. I picked it up at a swap meet because it had a nice lens with it, and didn't think anything about it until I got home and pulled the lens off it to clean it up. Anybody else ever find one of these?

Eric, I think I've shown that part to you, haven't I?

Interesting....no Dave, I don't remember seeing that one.
All 71s I've owned so far have been built before March, and none of them have had an amber tinted reflector! I'll have to see that one some day.
It's amazing how many parts changed during the course of the 71 model year.
Other notable changes around the same time (late Jan-March):
big block HP valve covers went to the raised circles
glove box inserts changed to white
canopy vinyl roof made available on all 2drs (previously only available on rr and SSP)
front and rear rubber bumpers made available on all 2drs (previously only available on rr/GTX/SSP)
....I'm sure there are a few more I've forgotten at the moment

And then there are the early changes (Sept-Oct).....hard to keep up!

landon1 · Post by **landon1** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:01 pm

my car was august 20 or 22 i believe in 1970 painted roof and black wheels with trim rings lol...i'd love to get it back to stock, but finding the 318/904, column shift, deluxe bench, etc. would be pretty difficult.......probably closer to impossible, but i'm keeping my eyes open so maybe when i'm older and have more money i can get it that way...

71440 gtx · Post by **71440 gtx** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:42 pm

on 71gtx oct 70 are clear on my 71 rh Satellite 128 are clear too

mopar71 · Post by **mopar71** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:22 pm

I dont know if anyone mentioned the bulbs, they were different.clear lenses had orange bulbs and the orange lenses had the clear bulbs.

rr6pak · Post by **rr6pak** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:17 am

CORRECT Mopar71. Glad you said that, I forgot (gettin old)LOL

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mopar71 · Post by **mopar71** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:18 am

I remember that because I had both a 71 roadrunner and a 71 satellite.and changed the bulbs on both.

moparmarks · Post by **moparmarks** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:18 pm

Eric wrote:
Dave wrote:Now the one really interesting part that I have, and the only one like it I've ever found, is a turn signal housing that originally came with clear lens and still had the amber bulb in it, but instead of the normal silver reflector, had an amber tint to the reflector. I picked it up at a swap meet because it had a nice lens with it, and didn't think anything about it until I got home and pulled the lens off it to clean it up. Anybody else ever find one of these?

Eric, I think I've shown that part to you, haven't I?
Interesting....no Dave, I don't remember seeing that one.
All 71s I've owned so far have been built before March, and none of them have had an amber tinted reflector! I'll have to see that one some day.
It's amazing how many parts changed during the course of the 71 model year.
Other notable changes around the same time (late Jan-March):
big block HP valve covers went to the raised circles
glove box inserts changed to white
canopy vinyl roof made available on all 2drs (previously only available on rr and SSP)
front and rear rubber bumpers made available on all 2drs (previously only available on rr/GTX/SSP)
....I'm sure there are a few more I've forgotten at the moment

And then there are the early changes (Sept-Oct).....hard to keep up!

Another thing that changed was the harness connertor for the front park lights. 71 had round pin connector and 72 had flat spade connectors.
Not sure when the change happened but all 72's that I've seen had flat spades.

71440 gtx · Post by **71440 gtx** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:46 pm

the early 71 cowl screens had screws and are flat on my Oct 71 gtx,

On my 71 satellite they had screws and push tabs. When was the change over?