<VV> Late Model Amber Rear Signals ?

Thu Aug 2 07:46:14 EDT 2018

I've done something similar but on the other end with something called a 
"turnback LED" if I remember its name correctly. I got a set of clear 
parking light lenses and installed these bulbs. With the parking lights 
on its a very bright white, turn on the directional and the white goes 
out and it flashes amber. Might be able to rig something with them in 
the backup lights. They do require the 2 filament socket of course.

I've rigged mine as DRLs.

I can try and find the maker/part no., got them on eBay.

David

On 08/02/2018 06:14 AM, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Same in Great Britain - we did away with that dual-function in the 
> 50's. What puzzles me is that the circuitry is much more complicated 
> with this antiquated system - you would think they would modernise and 
> simplify at the same time. The other thing I dislike about American 
> standards is that they don't have the cut-off dipped headlight beam. 
> It looks like everybody in America is driving on high beam - that is 
> the very first thing I noticed when I drove in the States! European 
> cars have a sharp cut-off at the top of dipped beam so it doesn't dazzle.
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> -----Original Message----- From: Arlette Pat & Carl Kelsen via 
> VirtualVairs
> Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2018 10:58 AM
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> Subject:ï¿½ Late Model Amber Rear Signals ?
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> Gï¿½day everyone,
> I have been interested in American cars since childhood. For me thatï¿½s 
> now nearly 60 years! I have a real passion for US cars and the most 
> part I believe US car design has led the automotive world (particular 
> during the immediate post second world decades of the 1950s and 1960s).
>
> That said, I have never understood why American cars (including the 
> Chevrolet Corvair) insist on using their red tail / stop lights also 
> as ï¿½redï¿½ turn signals! A far safer arrangement is to have seperate 
> amber turn signals. In fact Australian Design Rules (ADRs) have 
> required rear amber turn signals since 1959!
>
> The well known and highly respected Corvair Expert Mr. Larry Claypool 
> wrote a tech article ( a copy of which appears in volume three of the 
> CORSA Corvair Technical Guide) covering the conversion off late model 
> backup lights so as to allow for rear amber turn signals. This 
> conversion used the stock reversing white lights also as amber turn 
> signals by have two globes.
>
> I am doing my best to understand and follow Larry Claypools 
> directions. Larry suggests in the abovemerntioned article that using 
> two stock rear lamp housings I should cut off the flanged portion from 
> one so that only the ï¿½bucketï¿½ where the globe socket plugs in remains. 
> Then cut out the bottom of the bucket on the second rear lamp housing 
> so that itï¿½s ï¿½open-endedï¿½. Then attach the two parts so that a double 
> length long housing is made that will accommodate two globe sockets 
> rather than just one.
>
> I have done the above cutting but I have not found that the two parts, 
> (the buckets) donï¿½t fit perfectly. The buckets have a slight tapered 
> shape and the tapper travels in the wrong direction to make for a good 
> fit. I think I may have to take these parts to my preferred body shop 
> guy and see what he can do with them.
>
> But before I do, I wondered if anyone has attempted this conversion or 
> if Larry Claypool himself is reading this post, then perhaps he might 
> give me a little more information? In particular I would love to see 
> photos of a converted late model ï¿½double plugï¿½ tail lamp housing.
>
> I canï¿½t see that I have incorrectly cut the two taillight housings, 
> but seeing photos of how they should be cut would at least confirm 
> that I am on the right track with all of this work.
>
> Alternatively, I wonder at times if there are any new LED light 
> conversions that would enable both amber turn signals and white 
> reversing lights from the existing backup lights. LEDs are something I 
> know little about!
>
> Sorry for the lengthy email. Would interested if anyone could add 
> anything to the above?
>
> Regards from Australia (down under)
> Carl Kelsen
> RHD ï¿½65 Monza convertible
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