Hand built by Andrew Murray. When I asked Andrew about what were the taillights off of his reply was, "little German taillights" (a Porsche, in this case)

taillight

Cadillac

Toyota Supra

taillight

Incidence angles

Ray approximation

Geometric optics

AND THE WINNER IS----MISTER SUN

Taillight assembly and rear fender moulding on a 1958 Mercury. On show at the 2025 Des-Monies Concours d' Elegance, Des Moines, Iowa

BTS Sukhumvit Line, Ratchathewi District, Bangkok

Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 360, f/10.0, 270mm, 1/60s

Backside of a 1962 Chevy Impala SS. As part of the SS package Chevy included chrome and aluminum trim surrounding the tail lights.

2014 All British Field Meet, VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver. May 17, 2014.

Boulevard Henri-Bourassa Est et Avenue du Sacré-Coeur, Sault-au-Récollet, Montréal

2014 Camano Center Car Show

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Mustang taillights explored

2022 Car Guys July -118874.jpg

I have been one acquainted with the night.

I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.

I have outwalked the farthest city light.

I have looked down the saddest city lane.

I have passed by the watchman on his beat

And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet

When far away an interrupted cry

Came over houses from another street,

But not to call me back or say good-bye;

And further still at an unearthly height,

One luminary clock against the sky

Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.

I have been one acquainted with the night.

--Robert Frost

Rainy and cold today, I've even heard it's been snowing in the mountains and even closer to Calgary. Yuck, a good day to stay inside.

Isn't it amazing how much effort they used to put into just designing a taillight?

1957 De Soto fire flite

flickrfriday flare

2013 Back to the Fifties car show.

On my commute home, I-84 westbound on Stormville Mountain ~ East Fishkill, NY

Porsche 991 GT3RS.

Not much to say here except that these decorative critters and their strong highlights and shadows caught my eye in the late afternoon sun—an entity we've not seen in southern New England for what seems like weeks :-(

Headlights and taillights reflected on the tiled walls of a Porto road tunnel.

1948 Buick Eight

@Essen, Germany

April 2015

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