[FC] Rampside parts - backup lamp

[Geoffrey Johnson]

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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