what is attached to the side of this Beck Spyder?

It looks like it might be a Go-Pro mount or a patch for a big hole is the side of the body. The light is just that, a small light.

It might be a side marker/directional light.  If you look at the side of a BMW Z8 there is a BMW logo that has an amber LED on the rear edge that lights up with the directionals so someone in your rear blind spots can see you're making a turn.  It's roughly the same size, and in the same spot, as what it shown.

@Gordon Nichols Picture isn't showing for me, not sure about others.

Same here on two different platforms.

"Same here on Two different platforms"?

Sounds like you're running for a Republican office there, Lane!

OK, so rather than me figuring out why photos randomly don't show up when I attach them the same way every time, picture in your mind's eye a disk, about 4" in diameter and 1/4" thick.  It just happens to have the BMW logo on it but could just as easily have the PCCA Clown logo on it.  It sits on a 1/4" thick base that is proud of the surrounding side of the car by 1/4" or so and has an LED lens in amber towards the rear, making up the base for the badge.

Now just imagine that the clown badge lights up as a side marker light at night (it's a bonus if it continually winks at you) and that amber trailing edge is wired in to your directional light circuit to blink with your directional lights.

This would work equally well for Speedsters, Spyders, Pumas and the occasional MG-TD.

There.....   Probably a better thought exercise than showing you that lame BMW side logo.

@Gordon Nichols posted:

OK, so rather than me figuring out why photos randomly don't show up when I attach them the same way every time.............

It could be the format of the original photo. If I have issues with a photo not showing up I'll open it in my editor and save it again in a jpeg format just to make sure it is a photo.

I used to have to do something like that in iMovie - Sometimes the video compiler wouldn't sync the photo properly and would display "The Pink Screen of Death" for as long as that photo and maybe a few after it were pink, too, until it finally found something easy to sync on.  If I popped the photo into an editor, dropped the resolution and saved it as a PDF and used THAT, it would sync up fine every time.  I found the real answer was shell out big bucks for a MacBook with the M1 chipset that screams and the upgraded GPU and haven't had a syncing problem with iMovie since.

@Gordon Nichols posted:

I used to have to do something like that in iMovie - Sometimes the video compiler wouldn't sync the photo properly and would display "The Pink Screen of Death" for as long as that photo and maybe a few after it were pink, too, until it finally found something easy to sync on.  If I popped the photo into an editor, dropped the resolution and saved it as a PDF and used THAT, it would sync up fine every time.  I found the real answer was shell out big bucks for a MacBook with the M1 chipset that screams and the upgraded GPU and haven't had a syncing problem with iMovie since.

... yeah, but...

We still can't see the picture.

I don’t know if this is the case but on a few forums I’ve been on, if you hotlink a picture from an account you’re logged into, say your Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest acct. the picture won’t load because the link doesn’t include your passworded IP address. Same thing used to happen with my SmugMug photo storage account if the picture was in a private vs public gallery.

Base for the pit signal light as seen on the werks cars @ Lemans?

I think it's a light base, but if it's a replica it could be a GoPro type camera mount.

I thought those lights were to illuminate the meatballs on the side so timing and scoring could read the car number at night. You know, during 24 hour endurance races, the Spyder's intended purpose.

found some more pics on instagram,
still can't figure out what that is.
maybe an old emblem that has worn down?

It looks to me like a badge of nothing. Maybe something fell off, or it wore down?

yep, its what is left of a racing emblem

@americanworkmule posted:

yep, its what is left of a racing emblem

You can clearly see the outline of the eagle on the worn out badge, good find.