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Old 03-27-2009, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by ChattyMatty
you're givin' me flashbacks here...lemme see if I remember that one right...twin poles/dimples on the bottom, 2 pins at 180 degree on the sides, about the size of a cherry tomato? it's been a long while since I played car guy...though I do remmeber paying like $10 ro $15 bucks for the old school ones made out of amber glass rather than the ones painted with orange paint "because they just look right"...for a parking light under my front bumper that there was no friggin' way I could EVER see from behind the wheel...lol, I had the disease too you see....

If I do this right here's a pic of the old girl...
Yup, two filaments, two pins offset vertically=1157. Single pole, two pins level with each other=1156. These two bulbs have been the basis for every automotive lightbulb for the past 50 years.

Porsche had a neat trick up it's sleeve for some bulbs though. They look exactly like a 56 or 57, but the pins are offset differently around the circumference of the base. Bastards!

Anyway, less bulbs, more minis.

Jim
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