<VV> Re: 61 Rampside Tail lights

[bub049 at comcast.net]

Rex,

There was just a thread on this a week ago. I asked about sockets for my 62 sedan. Timinbovey has found an aftermarket socket at O'Riley's Auto Parts that will work. It is a socket with a spring clip type fastener that allows it to fit anything from 7/8" to 1 1/8". You can also buy a replacement socket from Clark's. It is a very close copy to the original and you have to "peen" the top edge over to get it to attach to the light housing. The spring clip socket from the FLAPS is Cal-Term 08532. The original socket is "peened" over to hold it in the housing. I took my Dremel tool with a cutter and carefully cut the peened edge off and removed the old socket from the housing. I am using the Cal-Term 08532 for cost factors and ease of installation. 
HTH
BobJ
Frostbite Falls,MN
CORSA since 72


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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:12:01 -0500
From: rchivers at tampabay.rr.com
Subject: <VV> 61 Rampside tail lights
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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Hello all,  
     I am getting closer to getting the rampie on the road, been 
working on it for over a year now and making some pretty good 
progress.  I was working on the tail lights this weekend, and I 
believe that the sockets are too far gone to save.  Has anyone 
replaced the sockets with one from a flaps, if so how did it work, 
anything in paticular I should worry about.  Looks like removing the 
old one without destroying the housing will be the biggest effort, any 
tips would be appreciated.

TIA
Rex

65 Monza Vert
61 Rampie (almost on the road)