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front park lights
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:26 pm
by landon1
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...
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:51 pm
by 1972RM23
I thought they were clear with amber bulbs in 1971 and amber lenses after than.
April assembly change
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:25 am
by CtownRunner
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.
Re: April assembly change
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:55 am
by bruce
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.
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:17 pm
by landon1
huh...maybe mine got switched in the last 35 years, cuz my build date was in august of 70 and i have amber ones.
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:47 pm
by bruce
I was talking Road Runners. Satellites got the amber lenses from the start.
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:20 pm
by mopar71
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.
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:24 pm
by landon1
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?
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:24 pm
by Dave
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!
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:28 am
by 1bluegtx
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
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:45 am
by 71RR
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.
Re: front park lights
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 7:23 am
by 71Satellite98661
RH23 Satellite built April, 1971 in Los Angeles. CLEAR lenses, amber bulbs.
Re: front park lights
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:40 am
by 71bird
My car has a April 28, 71 SBD, and it had amber lens, and bulbs.