The Five Finest Tail Lights of the 50s...
 

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Different taillights are the crowning touch to the back of any traditional custom. Since the earliest days of the lead sled, '39 Ford, '41 Studebaker and '40 Chevrolet lights were showing up everywhere. Even if he stuck with the stock units, a guy wa... <BR><BR>To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.

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My favorite swap was the Mercury SW tailights in a 56 Ford. I was going to do it until I came up w/63 (I think, been a while) Fairlane tailight assys. that gave the sunken tailight look on that car.

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Porsche 356

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Edsal SW tail lights on a 57 Ford or Thunderbird really trip my trigger, but the 56 Merc SW tail lights in a 55 or 56 Ford are right up there too.

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59 caddy---the most stolen tail lights ever

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I like the 58 Edsel station wagon tail lights. Not that I'm biased...

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/IMG_1727.jpg

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The '59 Cadillac had the most outlandish and flamboyantly magnificent tail fins to ever grace a car. Here's one I let get away.

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'59 Cadillac for me ,too.Simply great lines.

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FWIW, '56 packard tail lights were a three year tail light on some models (1956-8), '54 and '55 were however one year.

And I'm right with you on '55 lincolns. They're probably my favorite tail light.

http://www.kustomrama.com/images/e/e...952-ford-4.jpg

The pete angress car is probably why they're my favorite tail light honestly.

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1951 Kaiser
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../p1020873w.jpg

1951 Oldsmobile
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...-ford-rear.jpg

1952 Lincoln
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...6180040-vi.jpg

1953 Pontiac Station Wagon
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...v/51merc-1.jpg

1954 Packard
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...51-ford-10.jpg

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Pontiacs, 50-52? Not the most flamboyant, but the cleanest and purest of the bunch.

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57 Chrysler

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1950 Hudson - work either way up or sideways....

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...0&d=1286372421

1954/5 Kaiser ....

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7135/6...ef1a325d_z.jpg

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'57 'vette. Pretty versatile for customs.

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53-44 Buick... They made them almost the same for 2 years, and each car came with 4... The bezels are stainless, and 56 Chevy lenses can be adapted to fit.

Couldn't be simpler and they fit anything, anywhere.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7037/6...e39075d7_z.jpg

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A 60 Olds sitting Vertical in my 58 Plymouth

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55-56 Imperials, 57 Lincoln, 58 Buicks, 55 Chrysler, 55-57 Nash and Hudson

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56 olds, 59 cadillac, 49-50 ford, 54 merc and 56 packard.....................john

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Olds Tailights in 52-54-Fords look killer and were a very popular swap when those caes were still relatively new