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Reply to "New 356 Speedster owner in the UK - hi!"

I have a puzzle concerning the tail lights on my Speedster.

I thought it was odd that when I turned on the side lights the (orange) rear indicators lit up.
When indicating they just flash brighter (dual filament)
The brake light (red) lit as normal when braking, but was not used as a side light. It is a single filament.

So this just seemed weird to me as I've not encountered dual-filament using the indicator light before.
I am wondering if this is a U.S. thing (I see US tail lights were originally all red).

I have now come across different type of tail lights for sale with dual filament wiring in place both here on the indicator side (which my car has now):
https://partworks.de/en-partwo...gasket-RIGHT-EU.html

...and here on the brake light side:
https://replicaparts.co.uk/pro...riant=23471968223290

So is it 'normal' in the Speedster world to have these variations?

I'm wondering whether to replace the tail lights I have with ones that have dual filament on the brake light side, which seems correct to me!

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