Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Also,you'll fail your MoT unless you replace those deleted side repeaters.
The tester's manual states "Vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1986 must be fitted with one side repeater indicator on each side."
http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_140.htm

Lies. Mine was built in 1989 and has never failed one yet. You just have to find a sympathetic tester.