Tail lights..whats your favortie?

Ok so Im curious to see how many different types of tail lights you guys got out there. Post those pics and leave a year and make! AWESOME! ha ha

Thanks

Owen

 

No imagination used here.......

1938 - 1939 Ford .........the standard 32 Ford replacement light. I like the 50 Pontiac round ones better BUT The 38 - 39 lights have been on the roadster since the forties......who am I to change them ?

 

56 Chevy is one of my favorites

 

59 edsel and packard tailights in a nice kustom!! Ill try to fond some pics. Nate

 

Frenched '49 ford, turned vertically, with accessory lenses in the wayfarer:

 

I have a thing for 49 Merc tailites, yes, yes, yes!!!......OLDBEET

 

I tend to go for the really odd stuff. These were available in accessory catalogs in the 40's & 50's.

 

40 Ford "chevrons"!!!

 

These, '56 Packards.

 

I like these.

 

I like these, too.

 

These are going on my Deuce. The first person to correctly name the year and make of the car they're from wins a NOS 1956 Buick model brochure. Sorry Owen - not trying to hijack your post

 

I've always been more of a headlight lover...especially when the high beams are on.

 

Kinda like 40 Chev? Or 46?......OLDBEET

 

These, I think there 38-39 Lincoln.

 

I'm using the Ford tear-drops too but, with the pointed end up.

Like a tear drop.

Everybody knows what they look like so no need to post a picture of them here but,

I just picked up a tag light so I'll post a picture of it.

 

I'm doing 50 Pontiac Tailights on my coupe. Teardrops are cool, and so are the Sargent Stripes too. My roadster has 41-48 Chevys. I like the 59 caddy's too.


Wait, are we talking in general, or on Model A's?


Cause I dig falcon taillights, and mid fifties caddy's too.

 

My favorite is the '41Studebaker T-light.
It' fit's ***s on a '27 Ford, might take some location searching/adjusting for a Deuce.

http://autohobbypage.com/cgi-bin/_image.pl?/show/00/all/all055.jpg

That's a shot of one borrowed from http://www.carnut.com/photo/list/flist.html

 

Yeah DrJ-Me too- I was gonna suggest those41 stude lights but hadn' found a pic of them yet.....

 

I read an article in one of the mags back in the 60s talking about the "proper" location for a tail light on the back of a '32 Ford. Other than where Henry, (or was it Edsel by then?) put it on the fender.
The article suggested lining it up directly above the verticle part of that indentation on the gas tank, that way allowing the eye to flow from one part to the other.
This fairly evenly spaced the lights and license plate across the back panel, although placing the lights a might close together---check if local laws prevail...
It also suggested that to continue that flow of line that the twin tail pipes should be located directly below that crease in the gas tank.
The alternate pipe location being directly below the flat part of the frame horn covers.

Of course the Stude light I suggested would have to be worked in on top of the 1/4 panel where it meets the edge of the trunk lid...pretty drastic cutting on valuable old tin but that's what we do, isn't it?

 

I'm kinda partial to 59 "Cadlights" myself.
Here's the ones in my coupe.

 

I like the 48 Buicks. Very different and they don't repop them so they won't become like elbows. I had just put together a nice set of 50 Pontiacs (even the rare gl*** blue dot lenses) and Drake repoped them.

 

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Kinda like 40 Chev? Or 46?......OLDBEET

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OLDBEET - Nope, not Chevy.

 

I'm thinking 47 olds.

 

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I'm thinking 47 olds.

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Tommy - Nope, not a GM.

 

Mutt those lights look like 47-48 Ford parking lights. The ones up front above the grille.

 

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Mutt those lights look like 47-48 Ford parking lights. The ones up front above the grille.

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Year is right, but they are taillights. Not Ford.

 

Must be mopar I guess.

 

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Smittyshotrods - Nope, not any of the big three.

 

Studebaker?