Tail lights - Need input

'55 Belvy stock

 

Closeup.

 

Empty.

 

I have a little time and have been thinking about customizing. Maybe removing the chrome buckets.

 

I could smooth the wells and seat the lights without buckets fairly easily. Any other ideas?

 

Drop in a lense from a packard and fin that baby...

Those lenses are affortable...57 Packard?

 

These?
http://studebakerparts.com/pics/57ilr.jpg

 

Maybe a flush piece of molded pleaxiglass with LED's?

 

Customizing "rule"
If you're not making it better looking, don't fuck with it.
That's one of the better looking stock units from the era.
Only french it if you french the headlights and shave the rest of the car too.

 

I agree with DrJ, french them babies. Ain't too many better looking lights than them.

 

Dr. J speaks the truth. You could adapt a variety of Packard, Chrysler, Buick or Chevy taillights so they look like they belonged there, but I don't think any of them would actually be an improvement over the stock lights. I wouldn't even french them, I think the bezel is a nice detail.

It ain't broke: don't fix it.

 

Thanks guys, I think I'lll go ahead and smooth out the wells and see how they look. I can always mount the bezels if they look better.

 

Make this 3 for the doctor.
Sink 'em deep friend.

 

If you go with smooth plexi and LEDs I think perhaps some billet wheels and hot pink heartbeat graphics would go nicely.

French them babies.

 

55 Buick lights. Or Lee lenses for your current ones.

 

<font color="purple"> I think smooth it, and mount 53-54 Chevy Lee lenses deep in there. </font>

 

nice stuff too