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39portlander · 01-23-2016, 08:50 AM

So an easy task of installing taillights on my P/U does come with some design additions which may help others here on Ford Barn. This is 12V install for my application.

Got these Vintique deluxe taillights and like most stuff they assume you know how to properly install them and come with out any instructions.

Pictured are the bed bracket, lamp assembly and wire cover. There are two wires black and green out of the bulb pigtail, which wire does brake?

Grounding the lamp housing to a battery(-) and touching the green wire to (+) the bulb is nice and bright "brake", the black wire is not as bright "tail light".

So... in the second picture the black wire I made with the loop connector/shrink wrap goes in between the tail light housing and bed support bracket with a star washer and the other end to the frame as ground. Hope this helps if your @ this stage of restoration. Scott

Lawson Cox · 01-23-2016, 10:24 AM

Paint the inside gloss white for brighter tail lights. "Looks good..lasts a long time".

Vanspeed · 01-23-2016, 12:08 PM

I second what Lawson said. I painted the inside of my tail lights with appliance white and boy were they bright!

sidevalve8ba · 01-23-2016, 12:27 PM

Scott,
I'm real glad you posted this item. You've given me an idea as I sit here in this snow storm. Thank you.

Steve/IL · 01-23-2016, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 39portlander

So an easy task of installing taillights on my P/U does come with some design additions which may help others here on Ford Barn. This is 12V install for my application.

Got these Vintique deluxe taillights and like most stuff they assume you know how to properly install them and come with out any instructions.

Pictured are the bed bracket, lamp assembly and wire cover. There are two wires black and green out of the bulb pigtail, which wire does brake?

Grounding the lamp housing to a battery(-) and touching the green wire to (+) the bulb is nice and bright "brake", the black wire is not as bright "tail light".

So... in the second picture the black wire I made with the loop connector/shrink wrap goes in between the tail light housing and bed support bracket with a star washer and the other end to the frame as ground. Hope this helps if your @ this stage of restoration. Scott

6 volt or 12 volt, I would suggest that the headlights buckets should also be grounded.

39portlander · 01-23-2016, 06:06 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Lawson Cox

Paint the inside gloss white for brighter tail lights. "Looks good..lasts a long time".

Thanks Lawson, that's a great tip brother

Ted, hope more ideas come that storm is dumping a lot for your area. We laugh @ a couple feet, that's just a warm up. Scott

19ED30 · 01-23-2016, 07:38 PM

Doesn't Flat white Reflect brighter then Gloss White ?
Either way better then any of color's

rich b · 01-23-2016, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by 19ED30

Doesn't Flat white Reflect brighter then Gloss White ?
Either way better then any of color's

Gloss white is what you want; Rustoleum Epoxy appliance white works pretty good.

01-23-2016, 08:50 AM	#1
39portlander Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Suth'N Maine Posts: 1,996	Tail lights...this might help So an easy task of installing taillights on my P/U does come with some design additions which may help others here on Ford Barn. This is 12V install for my application. Got these Vintique deluxe taillights and like most stuff they assume you know how to properly install them and come with out any instructions. Pictured are the bed bracket, lamp assembly and wire cover. There are two wires black and green out of the bulb pigtail, which wire does brake? Grounding the lamp housing to a battery(-) and touching the green wire to (+) the bulb is nice and bright "brake", the black wire is not as bright "tail light". So... in the second picture the black wire I made with the loop connector/shrink wrap goes in between the tail light housing and bed support bracket with a star washer and the other end to the frame as ground. Hope this helps if your @ this stage of restoration. Scott Last edited by 39portlander; 04-15-2018 at 06:05 PM.

01-23-2016, 10:24 AM	#2
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,009	Re: Tail lights...this might help Paint the inside gloss white for brighter tail lights. "Looks good..lasts a long time". __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm".

01-23-2016, 12:08 PM	#3
Vanspeed Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Suttons Bay, Mich. Posts: 3,385	Re: Tail lights...this might help I second what Lawson said. I painted the inside of my tail lights with appliance white and boy were they bright! __________________ *Respecting and Resurrecting Ford Model A's.*

01-23-2016, 12:27 PM	#4
sidevalve8ba Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Harrisonburg, VA Posts: 842	Re: Tail lights...this might help Scott, I'm real glad you posted this item. You've given me an idea as I sit here in this snow storm. Thank you.

01-23-2016, 07:38 PM	#7
19ED30 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: South of the Mason Dixon line Posts: 296	Re: Tail lights...this might help Doesn't Flat white Reflect brighter then Gloss White ? Either way better then any of color's