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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:50 pm    Post subject: What tail lights are these? Reply with quote

I picked up these tail lights in a bulk package of parts. They look like European lenses but I am not sure. They both have Hella on them with some sort of chrome trim ring. Any help would be much appreciated.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Um they will fit my 68 if you need to part witht them.
Possibly Italian.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can part with them. They do have some wear on them.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thows are sweet!!
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know which I like more the lights or the Snap on tool box
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ferguson wrote:
I don't know which I like more the lights or the Snap on tool box
lol it matches your car Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wish I still had that car i sold it last summer it was a 72 Super now I have a 72 standard and helping my son build a 71 Super
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Its a bright ass tool box. Lol
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use to have a Snap On box the same color, My 72 Super was going to be the same color but the paint shop couldn't match the color so I went with Dodge Viper green
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, those are junk..you need to send those to me!

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well they have made in germany stamped on them so i'm thinking they are european with an old accessory trim on them.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 10:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Back then all of the lights were made in Germany.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OLD VW NUT wrote:
Back then all of the lights were made in Germany.


I know that. I just haven't seen a set like these before.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

so does any one have a clue what kind of lenses these are?
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They look like stock U.S. market lenses with an aftermarket trim. Looks like something JC Whitney would have offered back then. One could get all kinds of chrome trim accessories back in the '60s, 70s, & 80s. Everything from rain channel chrome trim, fender gravel guards, exterior door handle finger pull guards, trim for the fresh air and engine cover vents and trim rings for your wheels. The stock U.S. lenses were red, red and white like yours. The Europeans lenses were amber, red & white.
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