Tech..how to pick out the right tailites for your hot rod...

[Rocky]

It's always a chore to figure out just the eggsact tailights for your 32 five window. "Hiboy 32" was having brain spasms trying to come with ANY tailights for his coupe.
Step one is to find a 32 five window coupe in the first place! Jeff found his in a field in Central Nebraska. ...even came with a donor car and a basket of parts...all rough

[Rocky]

Then, ya gotta have a motor for this pile-o-parts. The motor outa Rocky's old 51 Vicky should work ok...

[Rocky]

clean out a spot in the garage, right next to the trusty 50 F-1 and cut the livin shit out of the top.

[Rocky]

This way, you get a good feel for the holes that have been pre-hacked in the tailpan by some old rodder back in the 40's or 50's...tradition, man. Rool the sucker out in the drive in 10 degree weather and just stare at the back of the car......fire it up with the unmuffled flatmotor talkin to the neighbors....

[skipstitch]

Oh...VEGA for Sure!!! Screamin' for VEGA http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Rocky, that coupe kicks ass!!! Who cares if it has tail lights... ha ha ha... I vote this best TECH post!!!

[Rocky]

Yeah, yeah, so it smokes a little bit. Take pleasure in knowing you got a REAL steel 1932 ford 5 winnder coupe-ay! Walk around back and look down the side, envisioning what a pair of round early 50's pontiac tailights would look like on your short while you enjoy the sight of "Lil' Boris'" artwork on your garage wall...DAMN! it's cold out here!

[Rocky]

Ok, here comes the "tech" part.....physically grasp the 51 Poncho tailights that Rocky has just brougth over in his Blitz black traditional Porsche with [ Grimlock striping] and deftly hhold the aforementioned tailights up the the holes previously mentioned as being hacked in the gennie 32 ford tailpan...frown heavily while looking....tilt your head to the right....then to the left... hmmmmmmmm too close to see very good...have Rocky snap a few photos so you can look at 'em in the warmth of your own home on the computer...

[Rocky]

Hey! This is a thrread about "Picking out" the correct tailights..not necessarily INSTALLING the tailights...
You wnated tech? You got, uhhhh, tech. Kinda.

[Model A Vette]

Vega taillights! Wait a minute, my roadster resembles that remark!

[skipstitch]

Oops...shoulda said Pacer http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif Ha ha...hum...(akward silence) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[Jkustom]

Guess I better start looking for a 32 5 window to call my very own.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif -J.

[Rocky]

Jeff's [32 hiboy] ex-racer 32 looks a helluva lot better than my old 5 window... I didn't even have a 32 frame for mine..had to make do with a model A frame.

[hiboy32]

Now that the right tailights are in hand( thank you soooo verrryyyy much!) I might have to do the install this week. Yah, a whole new thread for the install.It has to warm up about 30 degrees before we git to partII, The install- how ta cover someones nicely chisled holes in your tailpan.

Great tech post Rocky..

[continentaljohn]

Hey Rocky, yep I dig the 51 lights as well! Some one installed them on the coupe on the right in the 1950's as well..I didn't know 1951s were a bit diffrent then the 1950s.
Your coupe looks cool!!!

[Rocky]

51-52 lights were similar to 48-50's but they were bigger.I'm gonna use glass aftermarket '50 lenses in '48 bezels on the rear of my 41 Pontiac coupe.

[just steve]

What about us guys with 3-windows? Don't we get any help? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

I was gonna install 39 Ford taillights, but could only find room for 38.

Steve.

[tommy]

http://fototime.com/{BB69AB7D-0DB5-47E4-8CDB-54FE32D492CF}/picture.JPG
The only trouble with using the classic tail lights is they become trite. But when you find out somebody made the decision for you 50 years ago, you must bow to their wisdom. They look like a perfect fit to me.

[Fat Hack]

Nobody uses GREMLIN tailights anymore??? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Norrland]

OK!! So i dont have a 32 but i have a 31 5w in my garage and im looking and planing if i could find some i will use 57-58 Eldorado biarritz or seville taillights, i will pot in a pic in a minut or so so u could se how they look!! Anyone now of any?? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[Brootal]

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OK!! So i dont have a 32 but i have a 31 5w in my garage and im looking and planing if i could find some i will use 57-58 Eldorado biarritz or seville taillights, i will pot in a pic in a minut or so so u could se how they look!! Anyone now of any?? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

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I'm not sure if these are Caddy lights, but it probably gives you some idea.

http://www.the-rumbler.com/rickshaws2k3/fountain32.jpg

Rocky... I think that cold weather is messing with your brain! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Ryan]

Hey Steve, stick with the '38 lights... They are much more traditional than the '39... and so much cooler! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Norrland]

These are the Caddy lighs i min Brootal!!

[Rocky]

As a connesiour of fine tailights, I gotta say the 57 Eldo tailight is a handsome tailight. Very nice but I don't know of any for sale, sorry.

[hiboy32]

Well I finally installed them there lights.I really should do an install tech, but no digi camera.

I had quite a problem deciding what to do on the install.
If you looked at the photos, then you saw the nice holes someone made for the lights many years ago. The real problem is that they aren't centered, by 1/2 an inch. Well I decided, without anyones help, that I should just install the lights were the holes are. Them things look alot better than those holes. I know that most people think that I took the easy way out, but too bad, I think it ads character, crooked, but character.