Hot Rods Can you identify this tail light ????? I need some help here guys !

Alright guys,... I know I have seen these tail lights before,... but for the life of me I can't remember what they came off of,.... These tail lights are on an old B/SR Model A I have....... There not just a rectangle as one side has an angle to it.

So,.... what the heck are they ?????

 

What are the markings along the edge of the glass ? I don't know what they are, but it's a nice clean look.

4TTRUK

 

Ahhhh,... Hey guys ??

This is the HAMB,... The largest collection of knowledgeable car guys on the planet,... most times these things can be identified in like 2.3865 Seconds ( Give or take ),.... Common' guys,... I'm depending on you.

 

It says "sexton"

 

Not a '39 Nash?

 

Looks like '41-'47 Nash, to me.

 

The Nash is close,.. but it's angled on both ends. and the housing looks like it might have a curve to it,... These are flat.

 

Looks like something off an AMC, from the 70's, can't remember which one I saw something similar on, but when I saw it, AMC popped into my head...

 

It has glass lenses and they have been on this car sense the 50's,.... so I don't think AMC is a fit. But thanks for trying.

Here is the car with the tail lights in 1957.

 

40 Merc

 

Nope,... here's a 40 Merc

 

No idea as to what it is, but I have the feeling that they originally sat 90 degrees off of how they are now.

 

Studebaker, I'll look at some photos, they just have a Studebaker look to me. Bob

 

Looks to be more information than just Sexton on it......what is the rest?

 

41 Ford car or 53-56 Ford panel

 

Wrong,.....




And Wrong,.......


But thanks for trying.

 

Its at the shop, I wrote it all down and left the note pad there,... I'll post the rest of the information tomorrow.

 

I think stude also, maybe 42?

 

1941 Studebaker,....


I did a lot of google image searches, and I already eliminated a number of these.

 

I cheated maybe 42?

 

You could go to that auction site and just type in 1938-48 + car make Tail Lights and by the end of the evenung have the answer. Bob

 

Shape is close,.. but my tail light has a flat lens and a 42 Stude is really bulbous.



You guys aren't just guessing,.. and making me do all the google searching are you ????

 

Nonsence... we ARE googling... like "sexton taillight"...and guess where it leads?...right back to this freaking thread

 

Ahhhhh Grasshopper,.... The circle of life is complete ! Ahhh-Soooo !

 

I went about 25 pages deep in the Ebay vintage parts tail light section and no go there.
Sexton is probably the company that made the lens. That could be From the UK instead of the states too.

 

Does sound foreign...

earlier, I was thinking it was something real oddball, like an Austin Bantam delivery or ? I wonder if those "american" Austins used parts from England.


who's the English major here? what country of origin would the surname Sexton come from? England, or Norwegian country?

 

Getting closer,... Sorry I was going by memory,... It says Sextans,.. Who made some Packard tail lights,.. this ain't it but it looks like were getting close.....

1941 Packard Clipper Tail Light. ( Close but no Cigar)

 

tail lights

 

Pulled these off an ebay listing for '48-'50 Packard taillights...

winner, winner, chicken dinner?

 

I'll send you a buck for a McChicken ,.... Not positive,.. but looks pretty darn good !