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Old 05-09-22, 07:29 PM
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Default Which car is this light glass from ?

Is this light glass from a 400 ?
It doesn't match the 401/403/early 405 type, or the later 405 type.
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Old 05-09-22, 08:55 PM
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I've seen these as internal courtesy light in a 404
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Old 05-09-22, 09:34 PM
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Joe,
I have never seen a light lens like this on a 400 .
Attached is a photo of a standard 400 roof light which are fitted to the later Bristols

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Old 05-09-22, 09:40 PM
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Thanks for the replies. Geoff that 400 light is indeed similar to the early 405 type, picture attached.
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Old 06-09-22, 05:26 PM
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Default 400 glass

It's definitely a 400 interior light. Possibly later models too?
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Old 06-09-22, 09:36 PM
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Stefan,
I have never seen a light lens or photo of one, like the one JoeF is asking about on a 400.
Pls post a photo of one fitted to a 400

Maybe the prototypes or very early production 400(which I have not seen) were fitted with that lens.
Does you 400/164 have this type fitted?
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Old 06-09-22, 09:53 PM
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Stefan,
Just looking through my 400 photos .
I found this one of 400/108 the 6th car made .

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Old 06-09-22, 09:59 PM
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Here's a photo of two for comparison. The stepped one on the right is from 405 chassis 4049. The one on the left is the mystery. There is also a third type, in a separate picture, which is from a later 405 and has curved sides.
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Old 29-09-22, 10:29 PM
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Hi Joe,

The light looks the same as what's in my 406.

Let me know if you'd be happy for it to go to a new home.

Thanks,

Andrew
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