51 Mercury custom tail lights

Yeah I liked abone's setup, that was my inspiration... another pic:

 

Matt, these look awesome man!!! very very nice!!!!

 

53 Chrysler Windsor...





-Abone.

 

I guess I dont get it.... 51 Merc STOCK taillights are some of the most beautiful ever produced. To each his own though....

 

That's true. But they sit too high up on the fender.

 

Matt said he is going to do a tech thread on this.He made a mold and used a plastic resin to form the lenses.The car had bumper guard tailights originally when the car was built in 56.Then the second owner put these Rivi taillights on in the 60's.Yuk!I want do my car the way it was back in the 50's.

 

19 Fordy: you have a good eye; I was thinking the same thing on my 51 tail lights. They are a contender if I have em dropped

 

slddnmatt is the man with a torch! whether its metal or lexan!

 

Definately talented.

 

Abone
I knew you were out there lurkin somewhere! Good to hear from ya; love seein that merc

 

Yes, dropping the stockers lower down will make them look much better. Give it a shot with a red paper template as a test.

 

Owner #2 demonstrates how beauty is ONLY in the eye of the beholder.

 

Here's mine. 50' Ford no blue dots

 

Those Rivi's are brutal!

 

Here's some you do not see every day

 

51 merc

 

Just stock tailights that I frenched and tunneled. I did line the inside of the tunnel with some chrome to match the inner rings on the headlights.

 

That's cause they look like crap! Too new....I've seen guys use 70's Lincoln tailights,which look just like that.....and they look like crap also,hahaha!

 

GEEZ! How could someone think those Rivi lights are an improvement....

 

Bob I never said I liked them but since Barris did that set I thought some of you might like them.

 

Wasn't trying to start anything,just stating my opinion....BTW-I wouldn't use Barris as an example for anything! At least,nothing since 1965,hahaha!

 

...........What a great thread........Going to the James Dean show next year.....Hope to see some of these rides there.....Big Bad John

 

Jesse's merc. Did he lower these tail lights? Sorry about the thumb size pic on pic #2; I know you wanted to blow that one up

 

Yes, lights look like they were lowered.......... a little too much IMO.

 

Some late model tailights are kool. I can't remember what late 60's early 70's tailight this
is but Gary Howard pull it off. It blew my mind when Steve told me that the tailight is also
inverted. I never looked on the backside of tailights for ideas.... Very kool!

Happy Trails, Mick