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Can anyone identify this tail light attachment?

Post by NY John T » Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:10 pm

Hi all,
I took this off my "new" 27 tudor. I haven't seen any example of the upper housing anywhere. Does anyone know what it's from or what it does? I'm guessing it's a stoplight, but again, I've not seen any other examples. It has a bracket that holds it on to the tea cup clear glass light. Thanks in advance.
John
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Re: Can anyone identify this tail light attachment?

Post by Humblej » Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:14 pm

After market add-on stop light.

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Re: Can anyone identify this tail light attachment?

Post by perry kete » Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:16 pm

To me it looks like a homemade add on. Is that old friction tape between the two lights? I would guess that someone drilled a hole in the tea cup and added the stop light on top.
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Re: Can anyone identify this tail light attachment?

Post by NY John T » Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:29 pm

Thanks folks,
That IS very old friction tape. Took me awhile to get it off. Like unwrapping a mummy!
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Post by John kuehn » Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:38 pm

That would be neat to restore and use again! But finding the red glass lens for the add on stop light would be almost impossible. Maybe a red celluloid lens was used?
Bet there’s not many left that’s survived.

If it’s been homemade they did a good job of getting it in the shape that it is.

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Re: Can anyone identify this tail light attachment?

Post by DanTreace » Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:53 pm

Here is one very similar.


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Re: Can anyone identify this tail light attachment?

Post by John kuehn » Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:58 pm

Here is a picture from a 1926 Western Auto Ford owners supply book.
One is really close to the one you have. It clamped on and was a easy way to have a stop light.
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Re: Can anyone identify this tail light attachment?

Post by John kuehn » Tue Dec 22, 2020 4:04 pm

Good job Dan ! You found one 50 cents cheaper! :lol: Theses things are neat. Never saw one at a swap meet.


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Re: Can anyone identify this tail light attachment?

Post by Norman Kling » Tue Dec 22, 2020 4:10 pm

The lower part appears to be a 26-27 tail light.
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Re: Can anyone identify this tail light attachment?

Post by DanTreace » Tue Dec 22, 2020 5:31 pm

John kuehn wrote:
Tue Dec 22, 2020 4:04 pm
Good job Dan ! You found one 50 cents cheaper! :lol: Theses things are neat. Never saw one at a swap meet.

John

I just sold one at the Luray Swap in Oct. Was complete, with lens, but also was a bit more deLuxe with a blue glass 'eye' above the nickel rim. It glowed too when the stop lamp was lit..
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