Trailer lights on a hot rod?

I'm considering using trailer lights for the tail lights on my T Bucket. I have seen some and I like the clean, no frills, look of them. I think they'll look good on my t Bucket.

Has anyone run these with success? Pics of step ups would be cool.

 

Uh.... ok.

 

If you're looking for a cheap, homemade look, they'll work great. Ask me how I know!
How about some 56 Ford pickup taillights instead?

 

They look like this, but with a black housing.

 

I think you spelled the ***le of this thread wrong with the incorrect punctuation.

Observe the corrected:

Trailer lights on a Rat Rod.

 

I think what he's getting at, isn't CAR trailer lights so much, as some of the nicer, simpler and CLEANER lights you see on tractor trailers. You'd be AMAZED at how some of their accessories are incredibly detailed and almost vintage in appearance.

 

What he said.

 

SHE. What SHE said.

 

They'd work a lot better than what I had, but you'd still have to do something with the retainer ring.

 

I haven't used trailer lights on my T....but I did use them on my Corvair. It was the $5.99 each along with some 4 inch pipe and a lot of sanding. They were the type that uses a lock ring to hold the lense in place. I have halogen bulbs in each and have blue dots on all 4

 

My buddy used some clearance lights he found on an old gasoline tanker, they had gl*** lenses and looked very similar to round Pontiac taillights. Here's a picture of them, found them in a salvage yard off early to mid 50's tanker. He had to rewire the bucket for 2 filament bulbs.

 

My appoligies. I posted without looking at who it was. I'll just go stand in the corner now.

 

Yaaaaaaaaaah.

Better yet, get a load of the orange roadster above your apology.

 

I did. That's the look I want.

 

Accepted. With the pic he posted he had me thinking of some ugly ones I've seen on landscape trailers. Ugh. Better get em soon though, everyone's going to LED tractor trailer lights and they won't be selling incandescant anymore.

BTW LED trailer lights would make it street rod... haha.

 

Just added baby bullits...

 

Did not want to look in here from fear created by the ***le but those round lights will look very good. I also was thinking of those utility trailer lights.

 

We have a large truck center here that sells LOTS of accessories. When I have to go there for Freightshaker parts, I always walk the aisles looking at head lamps, markers, tail lights.........what ever catches my eye with shape and finish.

 

You can get these at Tractor Supply. Either one can also be had with a license plate light. They're steel, look pretty traditional and cost less than $10 each.

 

Thanks! That's pretty close to what I was looking for.

 

this is the only one i can stand and those round ones on the roadster.

 

socal speed shop sells pontiac remans cheap just do those and mabe people won't make fun of you. If trailer lights are what you want than go for it but trailer cheap dosn't go over well with some people. The trailer lights above me are not so bad. This makes me want to make my trailer look old that would be cool put some white walls and moons on my trailer.

 

In some peoples minds "Trailer Lights=Trailer Park", but after working at a Truck and Trailer parts supplier ,i know what you are saying. There are some unique lights in the parts books,that sometimes look,su****iously like what others are charging lots for,described differently.

 

everyone whose seen them seems to like them on my car. these are off an old school bus but they look very similar to trailer lights.

 

Those are pretty common on a lot of commercial vehicles.
I put a new pair in the mail girls Jeep, direct replacement.

Anyway, I always thought those lights would work out well if you used the bucket to french them in.
Some kind of tough black paint on the cad plated retainer spring would make it disappear to an extent.

 

Sure! as long as the trailer was built before WWII.

Sorry I have a light fetish and personally believe that they are one way to make your car stand out from the others. One statement that I don't want to make is... my tail lights are cheap, made in China and are found in every parts store in the country.

I don't believe that lights have to be expensive to be cool, but the cheapest thing out there rarely is cool.



This was 15 bucks. A combination running, brake and tag light. I always pounce on the flea market tables with lots of lights.

In the 70s Vega tail lights were the rage for T buckets. All you needed was a drill and a screwdriver.

Stretch your imagination. You will find something better than a generic trailer light. IMHO

 

Damn Fred: This really got confusing didn't it?

 

Yea, it did, but I'm soaking in the opinions and all have merit. In the end, it will be my decision. I'm just trying to avoid the old style carriage lights that usually end up on the back of a T Bucket. My T Bucket doesn't have a P/U bed, so the type of light I need will have to have a housing of some kind. Either it will come with it or I'll fab one up. I'm still a ways from actually needing them, I just like to take my time with things and plan ahead.

 

Try checking there guys out. www.grote.com
They supply lights and lenses for all kinds of vehicles.

Flatman