Rear brake lights - yellow or red ?

I think that is due to our replica lights being wired differently than original 356s.

356's (real or replica) with red teardrop are wired differently than cars that originally came with the red/yellow lenses, as Michael said.  I believe straight red was North American and the red/yellow combo was European?  Someone please step in and correct me if I'm wrong... Al

ALB

I believe you are correct. If you look at the vendors of these, all that I have seen is reference to the all reds as being domestic and the red / yellow being European. Perhaps referencing a "real" 356 website would answer the question.

All red: US market
Red/yellow: euro (ROW)

I read the DOT regs on tail-lights-- there's nothing that says you can't run the euro/ROW lights if you want to. The tail-lights can be red or yellow, as can the turn signals. The brake lights have to be red.

There's a guy who sells on ebay who has euro tail-lights with the dual filament (1157 bulb) sockets on either the red or the yellow side. If the dual filament socket is on the red side, I'd wire it so that the brake light was the brighter of the two and the tail-light was the dimmer. If it was on the yellow side, I'd make the tail-light the dimmer and the turn-signal the brighter.

Either way-- wire the brake light into the red lens.

Amber taillights are permitted if vehicle mfg. date is prior to 1/1/1979

Thank you for all the responses. I'm going to rewire the lights so the brake lights are red.

the boys are correct once again...the red/yellow are european....i much prefer that look....but i am obvious biased