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Jonah D'Avella
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Rich Eagle
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Re: What is this?
That is a tail light housing and license plate bracket for a 1926 or 27 T. They came out in mid or late 1924.
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When did I do that?
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Dan Haynes
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Re: What is this?
"The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." -George Orwell
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DanTreace
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Re: What is this?
Tail lamp assembly with license plate holder on 1924 and 1925 , mounted on spare carrier, then on 1926 and 1927 with added fender mount bracket.
The best way is always the simplest. The attics of the world are cluttered up with complicated failures. Henry Ford
Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain. Henry Ford
Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain. Henry Ford
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Jonah D'Avella
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Humblej
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Re: What is this?
Yes, that is the bracket.
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Jonah D'Avella
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Re: What is this?
Can I get the plastic lens for it?
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Dan Hatch
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Re: What is this?
You need the glass tea cup first.
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Chris Barker
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Re: What is this?
You need this:
https://www.modeltford.com/item/6445C.aspx
and this:
https://www.modeltford.com/item/6484CX.aspx
probably this:
https://www.modeltford.com/item/6404BX.aspx
and maybe a bulb holder too. The original was just a low power tail light, but you might want to try to fit a double contact to take a tail/stop bulb. A stop lamp is a good idea in modern traffic.
https://www.modeltford.com/item/6445C.aspx
and this:
https://www.modeltford.com/item/6484CX.aspx
probably this:
https://www.modeltford.com/item/6404BX.aspx
and maybe a bulb holder too. The original was just a low power tail light, but you might want to try to fit a double contact to take a tail/stop bulb. A stop lamp is a good idea in modern traffic.
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DanTreace
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Re: What is this?
Jonah
Like Hatch posted, the glass 'tea cup' sides in to the metal housing, with a plastic disc over the top of the closed end of the glass cup. The red plastic disc is sandwiched between the glass and the rim of the metal housing.
That way a clear portion of the glass lens shines on the license plate below. And a red light shines to the rear. Yours looks to still have the socket, so a little cleaning should make it work, the terminal on the back of the socket is a small rectangle, with a hole.
The tail light wire has a solid bead on the end, and that inserts to the terminal and held with friction of a small ball in the terminal.
Vendors sell the glass cup and red plastic lens as replacement items.
Like Hatch posted, the glass 'tea cup' sides in to the metal housing, with a plastic disc over the top of the closed end of the glass cup. The red plastic disc is sandwiched between the glass and the rim of the metal housing.
That way a clear portion of the glass lens shines on the license plate below. And a red light shines to the rear. Yours looks to still have the socket, so a little cleaning should make it work, the terminal on the back of the socket is a small rectangle, with a hole.
The tail light wire has a solid bead on the end, and that inserts to the terminal and held with friction of a small ball in the terminal.
Vendors sell the glass cup and red plastic lens as replacement items.
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The best way is always the simplest. The attics of the world are cluttered up with complicated failures. Henry Ford
Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain. Henry Ford
Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain. Henry Ford
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Jim Eubanks
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Re: What is this?
It would be of great help to you if you obtained a basic library of Model T reference books such as a copy of the Service Bulletins, The factory repair manual, parts book and possibly a copy of Bruce McCally's model T book. You can never have enough reference material. All the vendors carry these publications.
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Steve Jelf
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Re: What is this?
What Jim said.
http://dauntlessgeezer.com/DG80.html
http://dauntlessgeezer.com/DG80.html
The inevitable often happens.
1915 Runabout
1923 Touring
1915 Runabout
1923 Touring
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jiminbartow
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Re: What is this?
In March of 1926, on page 388 of the “Model T Ford Service Bulletins Essentials”, Ford notified the dealers that Ford was coming out with a new combination tail/brake light. I replaced the original clear cup/red celluloid tail light that came with my 1926 coupe with an original Ford script combination tail/brake tail light, referred to in the March, 1926 bulletin. I found it on eBay in 2010. If you can find one, it looks a lot better than the original and is brighter and with a brake light, is a lot safer Here are a few pictures of my tail light. Jim Patrick