All vehicles manufactured for the U.K. since the mid 1960s have been required to have amber turn signals which are completely separate from the red brake lights. This is a problem that those of us with North American vehicles with combination red brake/turn signals often face come inspection time. It's a matter of finding a good inspector who will "bend" the rules a little for an import! (Some British 1950s/early 1960s cars also used combined red brake/turn lights on the rear
The only Australian made car that had red stop/turn/tail lights was for memory the 1956 FE Holden, the light lenses were red and clear in the tail light assembly. When it became mandatory for the turn signals to be amber in colour, people either found the next models indicator lens (the FC model-produced in 1958) would fit where the reversing (clear) lens was in the lamp assembly or aftermarket indicator lights (usually round) were fitted under the original light so the vehicle still had reversing lights with clear lenses.
The same problem existed with Ford F series tail lights also (on the 1973-1977 models) where the lenses were red & clear on the US models with red & amber on the Australian trucks.
The lenses were the same size so swapping them over was a five minute, two screw job.
