Do I have Rear fog light - UK 400i

Hi Peter,
congradulations! Love that color!
Klaus

 

Mine is fitted directly under the number plate

 

Thats a lovely colour. The pictures look very familiar, but I cant place where I have seen it...

My car is currently being restored so please ignore the condition. Rear fog lights are in the bumper but your car does not have the recess.
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Hi Peter
Congrats, it's a lovely looking 400i. The colour is Azzurro Metallizzato, which is its original colour. You are probably aware that it was supplied to Jersey when new.

It would have had twin fog lamps attached to the rear bumper between the exhaust pipes (see photo). They were likely fitted by the UK importer rather than the factory. The second series 400i from late 1982 had the fog lights recessed into the bumper. A few first series 400i and even carburettor cars also have fog lights in the bumper in the style of the second series cars (like Modificata's) - I presume these were retrofitted in the 1980s.

I have an idea that there was a switch to the right of the steering column, but not certain about that.

David
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The switch on both my 1980 Auto and 1981 Manual are on the wooden console, one of the unmarked ones. Took me a while to find it at first, but had to, as I am also in the UK and these are Uk-suppied cars. I think initially it was intended to activate the radio antenna on the earlier models, but then Ferrari had the idea of using it for Fog lamps when the antenna became automatically activated. I'll have a look around to see which one it is next time I visit the cars. Congratulations. These cars are underrated gems!

 

The switch on both my 1980 Auto and 1981 Manual are on the wooden console, one of the unmarked ones. Took me a while to find it at first, but had to, as I am also in the UK and these are Uk-suppied cars. I think initially it was intended to activate the radio antenna on the earlier models, but then Ferrari had the idea of using it for Fog lamps when the antenna became automatically activated. I'll have a look around to see which one it is next time I visit the cars. Congratulations. These cars are underrated gems!

 

Hi! Congratulations. On both my 1981 Manual and 1981 Auto 400i, the switch is on the wooden console, one of the unmarked flip-switches. I think the owners manual identifies it as the antenna switch, but on the UK-supplied cars the switch worked the rear fog lamps as the antenna was automatically actuated. I had to find out for the same reason you did, the dreaded MOT test. Have fun with your beast! Cheers. Eric

 

I have a UK RHD 400i from 1980 and there's no sign of any rear fog lights - and it's always passed its MOT. Strange! Either that or, unbeknown to me, one of the standard round rear lights gets brighter when the mist thickens!

 

Hi Ewan,
There's a simple reason for this. It is mandatory in the UK for vehicles that have been brought into use from April 1980 to have a rear fog light - and your 400 was first registered in November 1979 and is therefore exempt from the requirement.

David

 

Thank you for the explanation about my lack of fog light. I've learned something new today!