Tail lights of the classics

furyus 67 · Oct 28, 2016

300rag said:
TMI

Hey buddy.....we're speaking of the anatomy of cars...not people! :wtf:

commando1 · Oct 28, 2016

300rag said:
And the common element for all these classic tail lights...

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Back then, even little old ladies knew what an 1157 was and they don't go into an 1156 socket.
Today? Year, Make. . . .

300rag · Oct 28, 2016

furyus 67 said:
Hey buddy.....we're speaking of the anatomy of cars...not people!

commando1 · Oct 28, 2016

Tail lights of the era were co-conspirators in the Hide the Gas Cap years.

tbm3fan · Oct 28, 2016

1959 Continental

tbm3fan · Oct 28, 2016

1959 Mercury Park Lane

furyus 67 · Oct 28, 2016

commando1 said:
Tail lights of the era were co-conspirators in the Hide the Gas Cap years.

I wish there was that much originality left. Consider yourself lucky Stan! What we have left is endless run of the same shapeless blobs with identical character....

bluefury361 · Oct 28, 2016

You know your paranoid when you have a locking gas cap on a hidden filler.

crv · Oct 29, 2016

furyus 67 said:
I wish there was that much originality left. Consider yourself lucky Stan! What we have left is endless run of the same shapeless blobs with identical character....

Identical yes, character?, none of that anymore, save for a few examples which usually cost the earth.

commando1 · Oct 29, 2016

More. . .

1970cat · Oct 29, 2016

commando1 · Oct 29, 2016

It was a very trying time for us pump jockeys back then.
Where TF is the. . . :mad:

Actually, you knew it had to be part of the left tail light. The trick was How TF do you open it.

1970cat · Oct 31, 2016

57 packard

58 edsel bermuda wagon

1962 cadillac

pomonamissel · Oct 31, 2016

C Body Bob · Oct 31, 2016

pomonamissel said:
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I wish we where neighbors

pomonamissel · Oct 31, 2016

c body bob , as a young man , i worked at g/e here in san jose fresh from h/s . a friends dad was a designer and i was an up and coming one , still a draftsman . had a good mind for design application . always building something , bikes , cars , hotrods my dad owned and ran a paint/body shop / used trucks dealership , great for young designer . my friends dad got me in at g/e , and wanted me to go east and continue my design schooling in n/c , guess there's a g/e center out in your neck of the states , well i did not stay at g/e . still building stuff , there is too much stuff to do . just sold my 67 300 rag the gold one , still have a few more rags , and more . lol . getting ready for more on this p/u , it will be a driv'n hotrod as i prefer . and this 67 300 rag will be a great spring / summer / fall car on the west coast , hel it only rains three or four weeks out of the year , i never put the top up on the last one , just a trap , lol .