[FC] Rampside parts - backup lamp

[Geoffrey A. Johnson]

Thats what a metal shaping hammer is for.  OR if it needs to be spaced out, 
washers underneath.  Didnt say it would be that easy, but simple enough, 
and could look stock.
-Geoff

--On Tuesday, March 15, 2005 6:12 PM -0800 Ron <ronh at owt.com> wrote:

> 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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