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DavidG · 10-29-2020, 07:23 PM

Ideucev8,

Sorry for the slow response to your question regarding the red license plate light lens on the right side tail lamp. Ford did not release either a lamp housing without the opening for the license plate or a red lens for that opening during the '32 model year. It is a period aftermarket item and I think a better alternative than another pebbled clear lens,

Ford did release a '32 lamp housing without the opening for the license plate light in 1933 for use in two European countries and one Asian country where the two-filament single bulb was not acceptable under local lighting standards. There isn't enough room on a typical '33-'34 for a second socket, so the revised '32 lamp was mated to the normal '33-'34 tail lamp brackets creating an odd combination with the larger '32 lamp housing overlapping the back of the bracket. The two square nuts built into a typical '32 lamp were deleted as redundant given the built-in D-nuts in the bracket.

Given the limited use for the lamp in production, survivors are extremely rare. There is no "DUOLAMP" stamped into those '33 alias '32 lamp housings unlike the license light-less housings some suppliers offer currently.

10-29-2020, 07:23 PM	#55
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,102	Re: 1932 V8 standard roadster update Ideucev8, Sorry for the slow response to your question regarding the red license plate light lens on the right side tail lamp. Ford did not release either a lamp housing without the opening for the license plate or a red lens for that opening during the '32 model year. It is a period aftermarket item and I think a better alternative than another pebbled clear lens, Ford did release a '32 lamp housing without the opening for the license plate light in 1933 for use in two European countries and one Asian country where the two-filament single bulb was not acceptable under local lighting standards. There isn't enough room on a typical '33-'34 for a second socket, so the revised '32 lamp was mated to the normal '33-'34 tail lamp brackets creating an odd combination with the larger '32 lamp housing overlapping the back of the bracket. The two square nuts built into a typical '32 lamp were deleted as redundant given the built-in D-nuts in the bracket. Given the limited use for the lamp in production, survivors are extremely rare. There is no "DUOLAMP" stamped into those '33 alias '32 lamp housings unlike the license light-less housings some suppliers offer currently.