Different '41 parking lights?
 

I noticed the '41 convertible shown in "Fords in the snow" has circular parking lights below the head lights. My '41 tudor has them on top of the fenders and so do other '41 Fords I've seen. A friend is building a '41 'vert street rod and it has the same circular light as the car in the snow.We thought it was an earlier modification by someone as it also had old Pontiac circular tail lights. The question I have is; do some '41 cars have different parking lights depending on the model? :confused:

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The 47 and 48 fords have the round parking lights

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DONO50, Thanks .That's a great looking '50 tudor you have! 41's have a unique fender and most have parking lights on top of the fender.BUT,some have them similar to the '47-8 that are down under the headlight.???????

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Ive never seen a 41 with round PL on them.Ive owened 2 41 and know several others with them. None in the bunch. Is it possible he used a 47 front clip or front fenders from one. Not sure if their interchangable.ken ct.

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Anyone seen the old movie Tobacco Road recently? The '41 Fords featured in the movie have no parking lights. Studio modification maybe?

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It had 2 parking lights on top in the begining, but after hitting the tree it only had the passenger side. I do not know if it had any at the end or not, after Luv got under it and upset it. Marv

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It seems that the circular lights were done by customizers because I have looked at many,many pix of '41's and none with them are stock. Thanks all! Bill

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Every 41 I have seen has the lights on the fenders. I have had 2 of them
and the lights were on the fenders. It is how I can spot a 41 quickly.
Don't know why Ford moved them. I think the few 42 Fords had the lights
under the headlights

John

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I've owned 6 41 coupes and 1,2 door sedan, over the years. All of my cars have had Lights on the fenders. I did buy a front clip for a 41 in Pittsburgh Pa. in 1966 that had lower fender lights. And a friend of mine had a 42 Coupe with the lower lights. ( these lights were not add on,as there were no filled holes in the upper fenders) 47 and 48's had the lower lights, and also the 46 pickup I had,had them. I can't tell you how,why or where about them. I always wondered about that myself. Guess it doesn't help,just my experience. Ed. ....................When wil I be old enough to know better?.................

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maybe they took off the parking lights in movie Tobacco Road, when they hoisted those cute movie star butts onto the fenders during a scene, they would have been too uncomfortable to imagine.

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Hi,
as for 41 parking lighs on top of the fenders: All of the 41,s i have seen had the parking lights on top of the fenders.
I am not sure of this, but i think the merc. Parking light lens will fit in the 41 ford . Comments?

Big al

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Hi Big Al, you are correct in that the late '41 Mercury used the 11-A Ford parking lamps. The early '41 Mercuries had very nice 19-A lamps, and the lens were completly different. When I found my '41 Mercury convertible back in '84, I thought: Why would someone remove the beautiful Mercury parking lights and put on those Ford lights? My research proved that only the very early Mercuries had the 19-A lamps.
tbirdhandyman

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A small detail, I was using up some leftover paint to shoot spare rim and light bases. My Super Deluxe lights were painted body color, not black or argent:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...-26-41_304.jpg

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Yes they were beutiful,i had a pr of them [early] yrs ago should have kept them.Not like fords. ken ct.

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I recently bought a 41 Super Deluxe with turn signals. The switch and lever assembly is built into the steering coluum and appears to be factory. I did'nt know they were available in 41. Can anyone shed light on this?

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my 41 has p/l on top of fender i have directionals and i can see the front ones working from he drivers seat,real neat:D

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No turn signals on my '41 and was wondering if anyone has pix of early '41 Merc. lense? (19A)

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41 Merc, can't make the pic bigger.

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Here is a link to the 1941 Mercury sales folder. It has a better, but not clear look at the parking lights.

http://www.oldcarbrochures.org/index...stige_Brochure

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Looks like he added a pr of 42 Merc PL to a 41 merc ,also 42 merc had them closer together towards the hood. ken ct.