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  1. Miura Jota

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    #1 Miura Jota, Jul 12, 2005
    I used to think Corvette's taillights were an echo or copy of those in a Ferrari
    but now I just realized the first Ferrari to feature that trademark rear view was the 1968 Daytona whereas Corvettes had those round button much earlier...

    ...So who copied who? and why?
     
  2. El Wayne

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    #2 El Wayne, Jul 12, 2005
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    I don't know about the first car, but the first Ferrari was the 250 GT/L introduced in 1962. Also used on the 275 GTB of 1964.
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    #3 Ricambi America, Jul 12, 2005
    4 minutes, from Question to Answer. Shidd..... I'm impressed.
     
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    #4 El Wayne, Jul 12, 2005
    As far as I know, though, the Corvette has used twin sets of round tail lights since the 1961 model year. Still, these have always been recessed down into the body work and don't really have a "button" appearance if you ask me.

    Are you asking which car was the first to use horizontally-arranged twin sets of round tail lights? If so, that might just take us back to way before Ferrari existed.
     
  5. Miura Jota

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    #5 Miura Jota, Jul 12, 2005
    ...Sorry I meant TWIN round rear lights

    interesting to see besides Corvette & Ferrari... also Diablo,Lotus Elise & Bugatti Veyron and a lot others use this simple design which I consider is a Corvette feature. (correct me If I'm wrong)
     
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    #6 dm_n_stuff, Jul 12, 2005
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    Which may explain why 50+ year old guys ask me if my car is a Corvette.

    mine is a 1972 Dino, but they were on the 1st ones in '69, too..
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    AHHHHHHHH DAVE!! they forgot the letters on your license plate.......hehehe
     
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    #8 GCalo, Jul 12, 2005
    Early Dino's used Fiat 850 lenses and that was late 60's early 70's!
     
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    #9 wax, Jul 12, 2005
    '55 was 1st model year for T-Bird and had round tail lights.
     
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    #11 T0nyGTSt, Jul 13, 2005
    There are only 3 makes/models of car that have had 50 years of round tail lights...

    Ferraris

    Corvettes

    Skylines

    That's it.

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