Front of the Loom: What are these wires and where is my Engine Bay light Wiring?

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The wiring off fuse #1 forks and goes to both the left turn signal and to the engine bay light. In my car the wire to the left turn signal is blue-red and there seems to be no wiring for the engine bay light. On most diagrams this wire is grey-green. Then there is this set of wires that runs together across the entire front of the car(see image) and was sitting behind the right light bucket. It contains a brown-white and green-white wire where both have had their spades cut off, and a larger red wire (probably not factory) with a loop connector. The brown-white wire is hot (switched), the other two are dead (neither power nor ground).

I cannot find what these wires were for on any electrical diagram. I have no fog lights. All other components (lights, horn, signal) are accounted for. The brown-white line would be a problem for use for the engine bay light becasue it is switched (by ignition, not light switch). I can run a wire off the left signal which is what I will probably do.

I have learned tons over the last few weeks staring at these diagrams and thought I would no longer need electrical help but ........what are these cut wires (clearly factory) that were sitting behind the right light bucket ?

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The emissions wiring runs in front of the radiator to the speed relay below the coil. Green/white could be one of those along with black/red. If you don’t have that square metal box or the dashpots on the firewall that is a clue. Also, very large red wire runs there to the fan relay near coil. Hood light only works with light switch key on IIRC. What year Bav.
 
Euro LHD 3.0CS 6/73 build date.
There is a dead head/ elongated connector tucked behind the left light bucket that has power switched by the light switch. Cannot see wire color but this is probably what I am looking for. The engine bay light was an option on RHD models 75 and up but perhaps here too?

The other wires and their functions remain a mystery.
 
Euro LHD 3.0CS 6/73 build date.
There is a dead head/ elongated connector tucked behind the left light bucket that has power switched by the light switch. Cannot see wire color but this is probably what I am looking for. The engine bay light was an option on RHD models 75 and up but perhaps here too?

The other wires and their functions remain a mystery.
All coupes have an engine bay light. There is also a connector next to rad panel for fog light relay, with lights on lo beam I think there may be power. The 74 is different. It is designed to shut off fogs when hi beam is selected.
 
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