Could you guys helt me identify these rearlights?? Went to a local carshow the other weekend and found these on a Hudson coupe,the owner didn´t know but thought the lense were some 40´s GM but the chrome he had no clue at all about. They would look so good on my model A coupe!
Vincent, tail lights and rear lights would be the same thing in most of the time. I think what scrap metal 48 meant was that they were made from some other light and not originally tail lights.
Nope. The ears of the Buick flipper are flush with the center, and the lower edges slope upward. They would not lie flush against a body panel. Clever idea, though.
Yeah it could be aftermarket,didn´t know of J.C. Whitney,where can i get more info about their old stuff,i did a google search but only came up with modern stuff.
Hi Vincent, Have a look at this web site http://www.taillightking.com/AMC_Corp_1.htm looks very similar to me. Brad
I think those shown in this link to the taillight king are the Buick wheel cover flippers and have been mistaken for light bezels. Note the upward curvature at the base of the flipper blades. The '55/'56 Buick wheel cover referenced has concave centers, hence the flipper blade upward curvature as noted by '50s Fraud in his post above. Also, the OP's photo shows the blades intersect the bezel well below the top of bezel, whereas on the Buick item, the blades are flush with top.
Although there's no size reference, the shape of those parts appears identical to my Buick hubcap flippers. Good catch.
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