1973 Rear lense colour

[dirk07]

Hello,

my wife´s Targa needs a repaint. The paint includes also small bodywork, like lense to body areas.

The Targa is MY73 US 8/72 delivered.

Due to German law, we are not allowed to drive our cars with US lenses/headlights over here.

I bought a pair rear light lenses that had been offered as 73 US.

When I mounted them I recognized that the red parts tint differs.

Is the right or left one correct?

Both have identical BOSCH, Porsche, numbers.
I guess one of them is a post 73 lense.



Cheers
DIrk

[edmayo]

The right side is correct. Something caused the left one to change, they didn't come that way.

[dirk07]

Thanks Ed,

the car came with EURO rear lenses. I bought the lenses, sold as US 73s and mounted them.


Cheers

Dirk

[Richy]

Euro lenses are yellow or amber . Why are these red if German law requires European lenses ?

[dirk07]

Hi Richy,

I know how Euro lenses look like very well.
Just want all the parts that the car was delivered with.

Dirk

[damsroy]

Believe all US rear tail light lenses are identical (including color) except for the part number that changed from DOT 72 to DOT 77.