I think there are a lot of right answers here. Older cars, and even my '63 Healey, had stop lights mounted down low. Perhaps HCML (high-center mount lights) got people used to looking straight-ahead to get a cue to stop. With all the morons out there texting, talking on their cellphones, or shaving, putting on make-up while driving, etc, nothing is going to protect you 100%, unless, as said above, a tailgunner! Since I got rear-ended at a stop-light on the first day I drove my Healey, I'm going to go with a high-mounted LED. Maybe not traditional, but driving a Healey with a V8, I can take the verbal hit instead of the physical one!
The Nissan Frontier has one that's flat like the S-10,but only about 8 inches long.It's LED and a friend put one on his '38 Plymouth.Looked good.
Hello, After those ideas on different hot rod cars, my wife spotted this one from far away as we happened to turn on to the same street following that cool station wagon. One an old woody with a couple of surfboards on top was ahead of us while we were driving toward our weekly coastal cruise and errand day, in our station wagon. So, out came the digital camera to record some action. The woody was nicely finished and accelerated quite nicely. When it stopped, we were able to get a closer look with the zoom in feature of the digital camera. A nicely finished woody wagon made by Packard. A Packard woody? What is this world coming to in this day and age? Packard woody video: The digital camera was a lot easier to film than using a phone. The format of the little rectangle camera was perfect to rest on the steering wheel and hold it steady. But still being aware of the traffic (none surrounding us on a one way divided street) and continuing to shoot a moving vehicle. Jnaki So, for the thousands of dollars, time spent and enjoyment fulfilled, it is worth the extra added protection for the build to "be seen..."
Found this on an early 90's Chrysler. Blends right into the bead on the coupster. Had to Dremel the lens off and take out some of the longitudinal curve. Used this to glue the lens back on. Also used it to attach new mounting tabs. If you look at the list of what each one bonds, they are very similar but not identical.
I have been thinking about louvering the trunk lid on the 32 and placing an LED or 2 inside the trunk so when the brake light comes on, the light shines thru the upper rows of louvers. Might have to make a test panel with some louvers and see if it shows the light well enough.
a friend found a fairly large '40s/'50s-style light off a school bus that he mounted in the rear center of the package tray. it simply says "STOP" on it!
I recently built a 331 hemi powered '40 Plymouth for an old gentleman who had dreamed of the car his whole life. He had definite idea of how it was to be built. He requested this trunk handle from a different year Plymouth. Original third brake light!
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