A couple more trips to work, made me realise how dull the lights on the Coupé are, so a quick shop around finds a part of "Angel eye" crystal lens units, designed for the Bedford CA/CF range of Dormobiles. These, in common with a lot of UK cars of the time, were fitted with 7" Lucas headlights. I plan to fit these along with a set of Xenon bulbs to see if that can help a little.
|
|
|
|
The supplier claims that these lights have the correct "kick-up" on the left to pass the M.O.T. test, but I will update the info once they are fitted.
A little progress on the lights, I removed the old lights and modified the wiring to accept the new angel eyes.
With the lamps loose, the securing ring was removed from the old lamps, the rings needed a tidy up, so I rubbed them down, etched primed them, then applied a couple of coats of gloss black.
Once dry the new lights were fitted with a set of Xenon bulbs, that claim to produce 100% more light than normal, the lamp assembly was attached to the repainted rings, ready for fitting back onto the car.
| |
|
|
The predicted heavy rain didn't show up, so I managed to fit the lights back onto the car. A quick inspection seem to show a "kick-up" at the left hand side as required. How good they perform will have to wait until I give the car a run.
|
|
A trip to work, shows that the lights work well,with quite a range on main beam, which is where the previous lights were lacking. Annoyed a couple of people when they thought they had found a space, only to find the Coupé hiding behind another car.
As the sun set on the last day of the month, and year, I managed to dig the Coupé from the snow drift it had formed and had a final drive to end the year. Not good conditions, and as coupé is so low, it was bottoming out in quite a few places.
