39 Ford tail lights

[cyclecat]

We recently purchased 2 sets of tail lights to install in the back of the hard bags and was wondering if anyone here has done this? We are looking for pics to see what they will look like once installed.

[ccmjr77]

I'm not sure who it was, but I have seen a Nomad with the lights installed. It looked pretty good.

[Jared]

Look on the gadget page. I seem to remember it on there.

[chainsaw]

TC, don't you have them on your bike?

[Top Cat]

Yes I do Al, but I could not find a pic from the back. I'll take one tomorrow and post it.

[chainsaw]

I thought you did and I am sure Cycle Cat will appreciate the picture.

[Top Cat]

Hey cyclecat, this is not a very good pic but you can get the idea.
The leds look like they point down but that ia an illusion. They are actually pointing straight bach.

[voyager]

I have the same lights as TC. Just love em, and love the look.

voyager.

[cyclecat]

Thanks for the pics, they look great. Now it's just a matter of getting ours mounted and wired.

I fitted the oval lights to my nomad several years ago. they work great.
heres a link to a pic as I havent figured out how to post pics here yet.
http://www.pbase.com/john_cooper/image/49209606

[krt]

Where do you get the 39 Ford Lights? They look good.

[wheelie]

Here's one place. Speedway has a ton of street rod style lighting. I like the 39 Lincoln with the chrome bars on them. They also have the tear drops with a trim ring that has flames on the bottom. Do a search for taillights

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Produc...aspx?free_text|10/12/2009%208:56:49%20PM=taillights&deptId=0&first_answ er=1

[cyclecat]

We got ours given to us by a friend that ordered them from a place in Langley, British Columbia and I also found the same at a place called shineyhiney.com Ours are LED, and flush mount so we only have to drill 3 small holes in the bags for the wires to go through. We have had 2 sets of the regular tail lights for years but have never mounted them because of the size of the hole that needs to be cut in the bags. The LED are quite a bit more money but are worth it to use because of the flush mount feature.

[Top Cat]

If you haven't installed the lights yet could you post a pic of them?
I had flush mount leds on my Nomad before I put on the tombstone lights. They didn't shine straight rearward and people I ride with couldn't tell if they were working or not. Leds are a lot more directional than regular bulbs.
You want them to face rear in a vertical position. Like this.


Not like this.

[wheelie]

Another thing to keep in mind. The "real" 39 Ford tear drop tail lights not only require a large hole for the bulb bucket to fit through they also have a glass lens.
The red glass doesn't allow a lot of light through it. I can remember many years ago we were at a rod run and following another street rod with the 39's and the sun was in my eyes. I almost rear ended a nice A coupe because I didn't see his brake lights come on. The LED's have a plastic lens and are a lot brighter.
I have a blue dot glass lens 39 on the rear of my dragster. It only needs to be a tail light so I wired both sides of the bulb to be on at the same time.