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Although an interesting conversation, it really has nothing to do with the rather lovely GE that the thread is about.
Playing devil's advocate, (with tongue in cheek). If on that car a bulb has gone and you replace it are you conserving, restoring or something else?
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Location: Sherwood Forest
Car type: 1938 Talbot Ten Airline
In that example I would say 'something else' - replacing a consumable item like a bulb is just maintainence.
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On the subject of rear lights, I think, at least in the US, it often has little to do with lights, but more with the other driver not paying attention. Some years ago, while driving my modern, I was watching in my rear view mirror in heavy slow traffic, the driver of an SUV behind me. As I moved forward several hundred yards, she did as well, but I noticed she almost hit me because she was texting. She was surprised and hit the brakes before she hit me and I knew I had dodged a bullet. We moved again, several hundred yards and stopped and then I was not so lucky as she hit me. I came to find out this was her second accident rear ending someone in a few weeks.
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25-07-2023, 04:33 AM
(This post was last modified: 25-07-2023, 04:34 AM by Cathy Cunningham.)
Two clues tell me that the Gordon England Stadium car was probably licensed for the road. Both doors wear the older oval emblem with "Official AAA Emergency Service". Since 1915, the AAA Club has been offering roadside assistance to its members. Each year they furnish a directory with AAA Service Stations that can handle emergency calls. The second clue is that this car was found in a shed behind an old Pennsylvania (USA) service station.
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Location: Gent Belgium
Car type: Special 1930 chassis
I guess there is a reserve :-)