"In Sweden, all Corvairs sold had white lenses. The Swedish law says that the
parking lights cannot be amber, but the front directional signals can be either white or
amber (newer cars, from 1975 I think, must have amber directional signals).
On the early Corvairs it was easily solved by putting the 1960-62 lenses (white) on the
1963-64 cars also. The lates had to have these special made white lenses though. From what
I remember (from my two '65 Corsas I used to own), the text on the lenses were exactly the
same as on amber lenses (even the article number), so they were made in the same
"mould form".
I have never seen any lenses for sale at swap meets or such places, so they are quite
rare I think. Apparently, other countries in Europe used the same lenses too. I own a
'66
Monza that was imported used to Sweden when it was three months old. It never got any
white lenses.
Instead, it has each parking light bulb inserted through a hole drilled from the
backside of each other headlight (sealed beams were never allowed in Sweden, only
headlights with separate bulbs)."
"The reason clear turn signal lenses were, and still are, required is
that when the main (low beam) lights fail, the oncoming driver still has to be
able to see a car is coming towards him instead of maybe a motorcycle."
