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Postby Ageless » Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:41 pm

I really disliked these





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So the other night my friend brought me some old auto taillights. I degrunged them; painted them, added a new socket with a ground wire. The seals were still good and I used that to make a template



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When I removed the yucky units; I found several sets of holes; these must have been replaced several times. I used one hole to locate the template, drilled 3 more holes and cut clearance for the buckets.




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And got the buckets installed




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I'm pleased with the results :thumbsup:
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Postby Ageless » Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:58 pm

All the views and not one question?


OK, I'm done with unscrambling the wiring; put power up and this is the result





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Postby Kens » Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:18 pm

Much better.
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Postby High Desert » Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:59 pm

I thought those were Mustang taillights but couldn't quite tell in the first pic Ageless. Those look real good, and keep a nice vintage theme going too. A proper job and improvement! :thumbsup:
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Postby Gage » Sat Apr 17, 2010 12:15 am

Yep, we were all just waiting for you to finish before giving you our opinion. They don't look to bad. ;) .... :thumbsup:
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Postby doug hodder » Sat Apr 17, 2010 12:53 am

Those really look great on it!!! I love it when someone takes a light, or hood ornament or other auto item and applies it to a trailer in a professional fashion like this...It really separates you from all the others! Good job! So who is going to be the first to do the sequential Cougar taillights on one? Doug
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Re: New taillights for Amber Rose

Postby eamarquardt » Sat Apr 17, 2010 12:58 am

Ageless wrote:When I removed the yucky units; I found several sets of holes; these must have been replaced several times. I used one hole to locate the template, drilled 3 more holes and cut clearance for the buckets.


You mean with all those holes you had to drill more?

You must have really pissed off the gods in a past life to deserve all those holes and still have to drill more to mount your new lights in this life!

It appears that you were able to cover most of the old holes up. Good job and the new look is a nice upgrade. You might consider a little white Marine Tex epoxy to fill in any remaining holes.

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Postby grizz » Sat Apr 17, 2010 2:47 am

What an improvement.

Looks 100% better.
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Postby Miriam C. » Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:28 am

8) Well I couldn't tell what they were. They are very nicely finished now....... :D
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Postby S. Heisley » Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:58 am

:thumbsup: Good Job! :thumbsup:

Thanks for sharing.
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Postby banditracer » Sat Apr 17, 2010 6:54 pm

Looks Great.They look custom on your trailer. 8)
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Postby steve smoot » Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:34 pm

High Desert wrote:I thought those were Mustang taillights but couldn't quite tell in the first pic Ageless. Those look real good, and keep a nice vintage theme going too. A proper job and improvement! :thumbsup:


They do look like 1968 Mustang taillights... :thinking:
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Postby High Desert » Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:39 pm

steve smoot wrote:
High Desert wrote:I thought those were Mustang taillights but couldn't quite tell in the first pic Ageless. Those look real good, and keep a nice vintage theme going too. A proper job and improvement! :thumbsup:


They do look like 1968 Mustang taillights... :thinking:

betcha a dollar they're '64 1/2 to '66 8) ;)
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Postby Ageless » Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:06 pm

I changed the subject line so I can add pics and changes as i go along.

Looking at the placement; I should have mounted them further outboard. I'll correct that when I do the complete refurbish.

Saturday it rained so I pulled out the old Singer and made curtains

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Ya had to know I was gonna get some paisley in there :lol:
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