I found these a few days ago, made them when i first got started/introduced to drag racing.
i used to work at a Hospital (agency) in Essex around the late 90's before being fully employed by the NHS, we were told that the Hospital was being closed down as Houses (Not hospitals) were more important, so, I thought to myself, I need to take a souvenir, but what?
It dawned on me, the old lights from the lifts, why not? so i unscrewed them and took them home, later thinking..... 'what am i going to do with a couple of lenses? later I had an idea to make some lights for dare i say it...'illegal Drag racing'
so later, I went back and removed a box or two to continue with my idea, now, i was limited as to the colours of the lenses, so red and green were my only options, I bought a couple of switches from the local car accessory place on an Island not too far from where i used to live, and sourced a pile of wiring, couple of crocodile clips, and drilled a few holes in a mk2 escort column shroud, wired up to a car battery, and HEY PRESTO!
although the wiring does look scruffy, and the shroud could do with cutting down, or getting rid of and a new more pro look being thought of (but this is grass roots were talking!)
my idea then was to fix a bar to the back of the light box and make a stand out of an axle stand base, so that 'when the cops come to bust us up, and everyone flies off in all directions' there's not a lot to pick up and run with!!!
anyway, this is how it is, and yet to be used!
there's a very straight road nearby, come on down, forget yer flag waving traditional Drag race, this is the Posh version! stolen too!
i used to work at a Hospital (agency) in Essex around the late 90's before being fully employed by the NHS, we were told that the Hospital was being closed down as Houses (Not hospitals) were more important, so, I thought to myself, I need to take a souvenir, but what?
It dawned on me, the old lights from the lifts, why not? so i unscrewed them and took them home, later thinking..... 'what am i going to do with a couple of lenses? later I had an idea to make some lights for dare i say it...'illegal Drag racing'
so later, I went back and removed a box or two to continue with my idea, now, i was limited as to the colours of the lenses, so red and green were my only options, I bought a couple of switches from the local car accessory place on an Island not too far from where i used to live, and sourced a pile of wiring, couple of crocodile clips, and drilled a few holes in a mk2 escort column shroud, wired up to a car battery, and HEY PRESTO!
although the wiring does look scruffy, and the shroud could do with cutting down, or getting rid of and a new more pro look being thought of (but this is grass roots were talking!)
my idea then was to fix a bar to the back of the light box and make a stand out of an axle stand base, so that 'when the cops come to bust us up, and everyone flies off in all directions' there's not a lot to pick up and run with!!!
anyway, this is how it is, and yet to be used!
there's a very straight road nearby, come on down, forget yer flag waving traditional Drag race, this is the Posh version! stolen too!
