I'm running this on the ford barn too, but figured someone here might know too. I purchased this "stop" tail light on Ebay and intend to use it on my '36 Fordor as a third light possibly in the back window. A quick perusal of Google images didn't return anything that looked exactly like this. I've had the lens off and have found no manufactures mark inside or out. Apparently the links to garage journal aren't working so I loaded the pics in an entry further down the thread, scroll down a bit. I was hoping that some of you may know: 1. about what year it was manufactured. 2. Who the manufacture may have been. 3. Have a picture of another one, possibly in use or on a car. It came with and appears to have only one wire and one attachment point. How would that work? Thank you! Mike Terranova
No pics for me either. If it has only 1 wire &no other wire attachment point I would think it grounds to the body via the mounting screw. This would indicate the lampis single fillament. Jim
That's a cool light for sure. I would have to guess an accessory light. The one wire goes to the center of the bulb and the light ***embly grounds through the mounting. Of course, it would have to be mounted to metal.
So the first pics were linked from garage journal. Since they're not showing, I'll load 'em here... Image by Terranova posted Sep 29, 2014 at 8:21 AM Image by Terranova posted Sep 29, 2014 at 8:21 AM Image by Terranova posted Sep 29, 2014 at 8:21 AM
Can't give you manufacturer history at all, but I can give you a hint that may help. I used to know a guy that was a horder of all things old in the Ozarks and he had a '36 Ford school bus that had a light like that on the back. I tried forever to get that old bus from him, I was going to make a camper/bike hauler out of it. Looked like a fun way to travel. I just never had anything he would be willing to trade for it.
Hi again. Ok, with the aluminum housing I would think it is not from the WW2 years. I remember following the War that there were zillions of aftermarket stop & turn signal lights offered for the trucking industry as many companies were able to again easily buy vehicles & they got more bang for their bucks on used & surplus trucks. I know my Dad bout a bunch of used trucks following WW2. I can recall my dad installing turn signals on his old Diamond T trucks that were a mehanical flag mounted to the front driver door post. the driver had to have window down and they moved the arm either out or up to indicate left or right turn & I think there was a lamp on the end of the arm. On your lamp what is the voltage of the bulb as it would have been 6 volts in that time period. One thing for sure is that this is a light that many of us would like to find and add to our old vehicles. Jimmie
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