[FC] Rampside parts - backup lamp

[Ron]

The Lakewood tailgate has special indentations for the B.U. light contacts.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoffrey Johnson" <geoffj at unm.edu>
To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] Rampside parts - backup lamp


> Wiring would be Easy.  Just get a back up light install kit for a 
> lakewood. Use its tailgate contacts and wires.  Then all you would need to 
> do is find appropriately shaped housings that would fit.
>
> -Geoff Johnson
>
>
>
> J R Read_HML wrote:
>
>> Well,  I've had this in the back of my mind (means I've not taken ANY 
>> action) for a couple of years now, a way to "invent" backups where the 
>> reflector would normally go.  Potential problems that come to mind are: 
>> I don't know if there is space in the tailgate for a housing to fit. 
>> Wiring would have to be run into the tailgate in some fashion that it 
>> would not be subject to breakage.  Where am I going to find a U shaped 
>> chrome piece and a lens that would look good in that spot?
>>
>> Attachments (if any) are scanned with anti-virus software.
>>
>> Later, JR
>> '61 Rampside Standard 4/110
>> '65 Monza Convertible 4/140
>> '66 beater Coupe - icemobile 4/140
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <N2VZD at aol.com>
>> To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 7:25 PM
>> Subject: Re: [FC] Rampside parts - backup lamp
>>
>>
>>> some of the fc's i parted out had dealer installed round clear lights as
>>> backups. they were usually mounted on the engine lid but a few were 
>>> mounted under
>>> the tail lights on the body and looked like junk to me.. i have been 
>>> trying to
>>> find pictures i took somewhere around here since this thread started but 
>>> they
>>> have vanished. i plan on something on my fc's but not sure yet how i 
>>> want to
>>> install them. they gotta look good to me or ill go without, but the way 
>>> i park
>>> i need them. im always backing in the garages i use in the dark after 
>>> cruise
>>> ins etc...    regards, tim colson
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