Tail lights..whats your favortie?

[franzfrucket1]

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

[Deuce Roadster]

http://photo.starblvd.net/~DeuceRoadster/3-3-5.jpg

No imagination used here....... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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 ?


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[CLSSY56]

56 Chevy is one of my favorites

[kustumizer]

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

[wayfarer]

Frenched '49 ford, turned vertically, with accessory lenses in the wayfarer:
http://photo.starblvd.net/~wayfarer/1-4-2.jpg

[old beet]

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

[smittyshotrods]

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

[Fat Hack]

40 Ford "chevrons"!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Nads]

These, '56 Packards.

[JimC]

I like these.

[JimC]

I like these, too.

[Mutt]

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 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

[hatch]

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

[old beet]

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

[Nick32vic]

These, I think there 38-39 Lincoln.

[Paul]

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.

[jonnycola]

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.

[DrJ]

My favorite is the '41Studebaker T-light.
It' fit's tits 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

[choprods]

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

[DrJ]

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?

[cadlights]

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

[tommy]

http://fototime.com/{07EA803E-40FE-4774-B91A-714536EE4FD2}/picture.JPG
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 glass blue dot lenses) and Drake repoped them.

[Mutt]

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

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OLDBEET - Nope, not Chevy.

[tommy]

I'm thinking 47 olds.

[Mutt]

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I'm thinking 47 olds.

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Tommy - Nope, not a GM. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[smittyshotrods]

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

[Mutt]

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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.

[smittyshotrods]

Must be mopar I guess.

[Mutt]

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Must be mopar I guess.

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Smittyshotrods - Nope, not any of the big three. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Crankshaft Sid]

Studebaker?

[Fraz]

Mutt, those look very similar to the one sitting on the rear of my 48 Frazer.

[Mutt]

We have a WINNA! PM me your address, and I'll get the Buick stuff in the mail to you. I knew someone on here had a Frasier.

[buzzard]

'53 Buick.....

[Smokin Joe]

Close but too late, I was gonna say 48 Kaiser Fraser. Oh well.

I like 57 chevy lights. Fun watching kids try to find the gas cap. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Tony]

Any one's that work! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

really though, i'm boring. On hot rods, i like the 'ole faithfull 39 fords, or 50 poncho's. On a custom, if they 'fit' the style of car, gotta be packards.

No major excitement on those eh?

Rat...

[franzfrucket1]

Cadlights...those are badddddasss I love 59 caddy lights I also like 50-51 merc's but yea alright lets keep the pics coming and the ideas flowing!

Owen

p/s Mutt dont worry about it ha ha I just wish I had checked the board before someone one! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[wingnutz]

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My favorite is the '41Studebaker T-light.
It' fit's tits 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

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They're the greatest..., Just bought a pair off ebay...$$$! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[mikes51]

They told me I should mount it permanent, but that's Honest Charley's shift knob sitting there just for the photo.

Behind the stock '51 merc tailight tunneled.

[Donzie]

I use to like the looks of these but now I think they look kinda gay, at least on THIS car. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Evel]

The Bleedster My Favorite CAR!!!!

http://photo.starblvd.net/bobbleed/5-1-2.jpg

Lincoln Zephr ...year?
Clark

[jonnycola]

We know evil, we know. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[4woody]

Somebody once told me these were used on some famous coupe...

[Rolf]

http://www.classicroad.com/58impala/104_0474.JPG

[cheaterslick]

Evel what are those Bleedster lights (for those of us who don't know)?

[katzenhammer]

cheaterslick, I think the Bleedster sports those add on taillights that you can put on Chev fenders to mock a Caddy.

[jonnycola]

I'm gonna steal it Evil. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif I might be more obsessed.

I hope I get it right


They're accessory lights that you could buy to make your car look like a mid fifties cadillac. Those ones are for a plymouth I believe.

[jonnycola]

Anyone have any pictures of any Model A's with four 50 pontiac taillights? Is that dumb? Anyone wanna photoshop it for me?

[Mai Ki-Ki]

Gets a bit tight..plate would have to underneath.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[30roadster]

Bleedster tailights - Buick? seems like all the really cool tail lights came on Buicks.

[sled51merc]

I like the look of '51 Lincoln tail lights in a '51 Merc. In fact if anyone knows of any '51 Lincoln tail lights for sale, please let me know!

sled

[Fraz]

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif Wow, I won! I want to thank God, the academy, and the little people, and ........ http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Actually I'd rather have the lights........ http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Fraz]

Oh yeah, to get back on topic, my fav taillights are from a Corvair (Greenbriar?) van. Simple, but cool.

[133]

i have '50 Pontiacs on my car and i don't like them. i want to put '54 Mercury taillights on it like Larry Watson's "Grapevine".

[Donzie]

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Anyone have any pictures of any Model A's with four 50 pontiac taillights? Is that dumb? Anyone wanna photoshop it for me?

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You did mean 4 on each side right?

[hiboy32]

how about 51-52 poncho? Check out Rocky's post on picking the right tail lights.

[franzfrucket1]

That is crazy the fouron each side can anyone picture or maybe photoshop that with 59 caddy lights?

Owen

[zman]

Not really my favorite, but they are the one sgoing on my "57 Buick. Witness the "other" Packard taillight.

[Norrland]

I must say 57-57 Eldorado Biarritz or Seville taillights are cool and im planing to find and use them on my 31 A-Bone

i will get some pic on them soon!!!

Halle

When cool is a rule.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Norrland]

Here are the cad Eldo lights now!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Kooter]

these are some of the raddist taillights ive come across.
what are they - ponchos with accessory covers on them?

[Kooter]

pic

[Kilroy]

I had 50 Lincoln Cosmo lights on my Shoebox and always liked the way they looked. Still got a cherry set too waiting for my next custom project...

[myke]

I like 50 pontiac...but they are so common.

[wrenchbender54]

Here ya go. I fell in love with the Packards a long time ago. Finally scored a pair this past fall. Next comes the installation.

[50Fraud]

Gee, I missed this thread the first time around.

'41 Studebaker is the coolest and most graceful taillight for teardrop cars like '40 Fords. Valley Custom used them on so many cars, they single-handedly made the Stude lights extinct!

'51 Pontiac (with the sharper-edged bezel) is a perfect, pure design. Placed correctly, they look nice on nearly anything.

'54 Merc looked great on the Merc. I've never cared for them on anything else.

and, of course,

'41 Hudson are perfect for '36 Fords!

[SnoDawg]

I have six of the 39 Teardrops a cross the back of my 45 GPW set up with a sequencer like the old Cougars and T birds.

Dawg

[NorwegianV8]

I got these laying around in their boxes

i like them but not shure if i ever gona use them.....:rolleyes:
but had to buy them when i did se them

[Frizby]

I don't know what's so cool about 50 pontiac lights, kind of dull to me. I know they have been used a lot on cars from way back, but you'd think people would want to be different. there's a lot of kick ass lights out there, personaly these are my fovorites. 60 chrysler.

[50Fraud]

these are some of the raddist taillights ive come across.
what are they - ponchos with accessory covers on them?

No, they're mid-'30s Chrysler. Airflow Imperial, I think.

[epinut]

Can't belive that nobody have posted these yet, one of my favorites...

[wheels1950]

These are different!!!

[Brandy]

Can't belive that nobody have posted these yet, one of my favorites...

Glad you said 58 Chevy Biscayne..........I gots a BAD addiction to them.:D

Brandy

[seymour]

Glad you said 58 Chevy Biscayne..........I gots a BAD addiction to them.:D

Brandy

did you get laid on your birthday or what

[Bob K]

Am I the only one who can not see Jim C or Mutts taillights?????


B:confused:B

[unclescooby]

I'm a sucker for the Mercury Parklane tail lights. I've been saving these for a few years to find the right thing to put them on. They are over 36" long.

[seymour]

Am I the only one who can not see Jim C or Mutts taillights?????


B:confused:B

i cant see em either, but the thread is really old, so the pics have prolly expired or something.

[Bob K]

Scob:

The guy who owns Ralph Ferks old Startling Starfire 53 old custom is looking for a set of those, that is what Ralph had on the car but they have long since dissapeared.

B:DB






I'm a sucker for the Mercury Parklane tail lights. I've been saving these for a few years to find the right thing to put them on. They are over 36" long.

[max wedge]

Girls tell me I got a nice ass, are they talking about this?:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a181/vangogo/sedanback1.gif

[seymour]

Girls tell me I got a nice ass, are they talking about this?:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a181/vangogo/sedanback1.gif

anal leakage! :D

[1BADSLED]

Packard over Merc

[Detonator]

hybrid...

[unclescooby]

Bob,
I'd like to see some pictures of that car. Those tail lights are actually monsterously hard to find. It took me about three years. I finally bought a whole car just to take the tail lights and pilfer the MEL.

[Bob K]

Scoob, use this link. As I remember it he used 2 of those lights on each side to come up with that look. OG001 here on the HAMB used to own that car also.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35904&highlight=ralph+ferks

B:DB




Bob,
I'd like to see some pictures of that car. Those tail lights are actually monsterously hard to find. It took me about three years. I finally bought a whole car just to take the tail lights and pilfer the MEL.

[4t64rd]

Three that should NOT ever be here or anywhere else, Vega, Pinto or Mustang.

[DrJ]

Girls tell me I got a nice ass, are they talking about this?:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a181/vangogo/sedanback1.gif

Those look like '63 Biscayne/Belair.
The Impala version has another chrome band around the light.
They are repopped but probably the most expensive Chevy tail light repopped.
I've got some but they're pitted and cracked :(
But I like them almost as much as the Lincoln/Mercury light NorwegianV8 posted.
The Stude lights 50Fraud mentioned are cool, but I wonder if the big shops actually scavanged them off wrecks or just bought them across the counter new. After all, they were still new(er) car parts at the time.
Those Mercury Park Lane lights would be bizzar/cool and the "pod" Imperial tail lights (and headlights) around the end of the 50's thru the early 60's would be good too

Don't forget the unobtanium '58 Edsel stationwagon tail lights!

[epinut]

If you haven't already check out Dave Lindsays site, in the reference section theres 17 pages of various tailights...

http://wackydave.fotki.com/cars_-_various_themes/details/tailights/

[dt50chev]

hybrid...


Looks like the 37 ford taillights. That's what I'm putting on my truck. Picked up a set of reproductions at the swap meet last weekend.

[unclescooby]

Scoob, use this link. As I remember it he used 2 of those lights on each side to come up with that look. OG001 here on the HAMB used to own that car also.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35904&highlight=ralph+ferks

B:DB


I wouldn't have thought to use them that way. Looks like he only used part of them.

[No_Respect]

http://buickbombsight.org/1951rr.jpg
1951-52 buicks

[max wedge]

Those look like '63 Biscayne/Belair.

Ya know I'm not sure what the lenses are, they have 63 stamped on them.
The chrome part is top secret!! Haha!

[choppermatt]

lexan?

[Fifty5C-Gas]

58 chevy biscayne

[Tcoupe]

I really dig tunneled:) taillights....especially those one 53-54 chevys. Found this pic on the HAMB

[Bert]

I bet no one has seen these before:D ..........the outer cast frames open like a window and are from an old roof light in an old tram from the early days in sydney australia.......and they have a small stainless screw to hold em closed....and Ive dropped in some NOS 60s? landrover cokebottle glass lenses that are finned.........all I need to do is turn up some rings with the same curve and step out as the frames, to fit the space between...............sort of that bug/snail eyed look......if ya can see it....something different, but still old school looking...Bert.....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/Bertieboy/PHOT0009.jpg

[seymour]

I bet no one has seen these before:D ..........the outer cast frames open like a window and are from an old roof light in an old tram from the early days in sydney australia.......and they have a small stainless screw to hold em closed....and Ive dropped in some NOS 60s? landrover cokebottle glass lenses that are finned.........all I need to do is turn up some rings with the same curve and step out as the frames, to fit the space between...............sort of that bug/snail eyed look......if ya can see it....something different, but still old school looking...Bert.....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/Bertieboy/PHOT0009.jpg

those lenses are really neat. are they plentiful?

[57JoeFoMoPar]

My favorite tail lights? Hands down...'58 Edsel Bermuda

[johnny bondo]

i couldnt narrow it down to 1, so i did 3

1960 polara

55 packard

60 chrysler

[skyrodder]

I Like the Frenched look with Bubble Lenses

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a326/skyrodder/omar10.jpg

[Bert]

I found a local guy{australia} on ebay who sold 3 sets seperately and I made sure I won each auction;) ...I paid around $30 pair, they were in the original boxes. I was going to get blue dots mounted in one set and have a set spare......I asked if he had more but I dont think he did, not sure if he was holdin out on me:rolleyes: ...they are lucas, which are from england and are from a 63 landrover, dont know if they would be available repro. These are orig though...........they come with a screw in base and the edge of the lense is threaded, just screw them in or out, to remove........If I see a set, I will yell out.......hope this helps.......cheers, Bert

[Rocky]

I like these 49 Hudson Pacemakers.....may use 'em on my 25 Dodge 5 window.

[50Fraud]

I like these 49 Hudson Pacemakers.....may use 'em on my 25 Dodge 5 window.

Yes! Those are great-looking taillights and I've only seen them used once on a hot rod (Model A Tudor).

[Circus Bear]

Sorry for the crappy pics, but here's the 49 desoto's mocked up on my 50 chevy.

[Valentine]

I don't know what's so cool about 50 pontiac lights, kind of dull to me. I know they have been used a lot on cars from way back, but you'd think people would want to be different.

I agree some. I plan on using them on the Gunn. I would not want them on the your 52 by any means. They stand out well on some coupes and sedans though. Hell maybe I will add one as a good mood light dome light in the sedan.:D

[evilgenius]

in a rod and custom issue, a car had these 'studebaker-styled' taillights. anyone know what years these came out and what the actual units looked like?

http://rodandcustommagazine.com/featuredvehicles/p119984_image_small.jpg

[50Fraud]

in a rod and custom issue, a car had these 'studebaker-styled' taillights. anyone know what years these came out and what the actual units looked like?
http://rodandcustommagazine.com/featuredvehicles/p119984_image_small.jpg

Here's a real '41 Stude taillight, used by Valley Custom on the Ralph Jilek '40 Ford and a dozen other customs. Virtually impossible to find now.

The ones in your picture may be the repops made by Dick Falk in the SF Bay area; he sells them as rough bronze castings, or filed to shape, or finished and plated at various (high) prices.

[Marcy]

in a rod and custom issue, a car had these 'studebaker-styled' taillights. anyone know what years these came out and what the actual units looked like?



1941 Stude
Available through Night Prowlers (http://www.thenightprowlers.com)


Marcy

[50Fraud]

1941 Stude
Available through Night Prowlers (http://www.thenightprowlers.com)
Marcy

Cool! I was unaware of those. At $95/pr (bezels only) they're a lot cheaper than Falk's.

[Merlin]

Can't belive that nobody have posted these yet, one of my favorites...

Yep! I've always liked the style of the 58 Chevys.

[evilgenius]

1941 Stude
Available through Night Prowlers (http://www.thenightprowlers.com)
Marcy

effin beaut. thanks

[rat bastad]

How about these? I have me on my 32 coupe....

Rat

[InjectorTim]

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 glass blue dot lenses) and Drake repoped them.

I love anything Buick, I think 52's are great on hot rods.
http://www.streetmachineclub.com/image.asp?id=7741