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Re: Villiers dynastart engine
« Reply #15 on: December 15, 2011, 07:56:47 AM »
Scootacar indicators on my MkII are the original lozenged shaped units.
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Re: Villiers dynastart engine
« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2011, 05:26:35 PM »
hi al . lozenge shape is diamond shape . cant imagine such a lens . the indicators i think of for scootacars I and II ( different backing rubbers ) were available off the shelf at Bealieu this year . goggo at least bought some .where was andy looking ?  :P oops at newark i guess  :P

is this a lens ? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/pmg-made-england-classic-truck-oval-indicator-lens-/390373997968?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item5ae41a7d90
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Re: Villiers dynastart engine
« Reply #18 on: December 15, 2011, 07:18:28 PM »
Diamonds are diamond shaped. Either a square on its side or a squished square on its side. To me a lozenge is an oval with straight sides. A three D version would be a Hedex pill or short sausage.

The two light units quoted and illustrated certainly appear on Scootacars in orange form, no idea if they are correct for some but they are not the units fitted to mine and which I would like to remain on the car by choice. Marc's MkI has a pair with it and I have owned other Scootacars with these lozenge shaped light units. Those new units do have the benefit of sometimes coming with a rubber backing that can fit a Scootacar and I would guess they are worth looking out for. THe Scootacar is in storage so not near enough for a pic.
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Re: Villiers dynastart engine
« Reply #19 on: December 15, 2011, 07:44:55 PM »
 I always thought the proper correct pattern was the sort which were the same height both ends as opposed to triangular in side profile. (NB, not to be confused with Scootacar Mk 2 rear lights)

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Re: Villiers dynastart engine
« Reply #20 on: December 15, 2011, 07:49:33 PM »
sorry bout the confusion al but a lozenge is a diamond shape - end of ! :)
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Re: Villiers dynastart engine
« Reply #21 on: December 15, 2011, 08:06:42 PM »
 Actully, these are lozenge's....   ;)

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Re: Villiers dynastart engine
« Reply #22 on: December 15, 2011, 09:02:57 PM »
Actully, these are lozenge's....   ;)

Ugh!

My dad loves them though, chuck them at him!
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Re: Villiers dynastart engine
« Reply #23 on: December 15, 2011, 09:43:20 PM »
i love them too ! you wanna smell the factory ! next doorto one of my customers in fleetwood , lancs

guess what shape they are too - diamond  ;)
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Re: Villiers dynastart engine
« Reply #24 on: December 15, 2011, 09:44:46 PM »
Whatever happened to Victory V's
They were square with the corners cut off - were they lozenges or diamonds in disguise?

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Re: Villiers dynastart engine
« Reply #25 on: December 15, 2011, 09:53:37 PM »
sorry bout the confusion al but a lozenge is a diamond shape - end of ! :)

Interesting, I looked it up and mathematically, no it is not. I am correct. Need to look in a dictionary as to most people a lozenge actually is not so much a shape bit something to take orally like the Fisherman's Friend (Goodness knows why, they are disgusting! Do they do Marmite flavour?). Then of course there is the Loxley Lozenge which was on telly just two days ago after lunch. Still funny.
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Re: Villiers dynastart engine
« Reply #26 on: December 15, 2011, 10:02:05 PM »
Whatever happened to Victory V's

You can buy loads of 'em from http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/victory-v-p-190.html plus loads of other retro sweeties.  ;D
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Re: Villiers dynastart engine
« Reply #27 on: December 15, 2011, 10:10:46 PM »
sorry again al but if you must !


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lozenge


how sad is this - a lozenge is a diamond shape always has been and always has been - its a rhombus . definetly not the same as a three sided indicator lens .
sorry al but you started it  ;)

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Re: Villiers dynastart engine
« Reply #28 on: December 15, 2011, 10:14:07 PM »
Rob how did you possibly find a site devoted to retro sweeties  ooh you are a one :D arf arf
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Re: Villiers dynastart engine
« Reply #29 on: December 15, 2011, 10:23:11 PM »
A few of my lady friends told me about the site after calling me "an old sweetie".  :P ;D
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