Rear Frame Inserts - Sinclair C5 Reproductions
These little plastic inserts are replacements for the originals that are found in the Black metal frame at the back of the C5, they're what the Hi Viz mast slots into:
Here it is slotted into position. The printed one is on the left, an original on the right:
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