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High-Vis Mast

System Accessories
Type Official Sinclair accessory (1985)
Catalogue code 1204

This page is a starting point built from the original documents. More detail will be added.

Description

The Hi viz mast is a solution for being seen by cars and other traffic.

A reflector on two poles that slots into the plugged holes in the seat back: white to the front, red to the rear. Designed by Gus Desbarats. The AA, Which? and the Dutch authorities all said it should have been standard; Which? found the masts on its test vehicles snapped.

Diagram wanted: fitting diagram, from the original Sinclair fitting instructions. See Diagrams wanted.

Repairs, replacements and reproductions

Original part, then and now

Source Date Price
Sinclair Vehicles (catalogue, code 1204) 1985 £7.95
ESG (Ellar Surplus Goods), Liverpool Dec 1991 £7.95 + VAT
MATCH, Rotterdam 17 Jan 1991 ƒ47,50 (“reflector mast”) excl. BTW
MATCH-AURORA, Numansdorp early 1990s ƒ45,-

Reproductions

I have uploaded a recreation here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5797631

C5owners.com has also published 3D-printable Hi-Viz mast caps.

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