Naturally, though since these are original parking lights, they each have
one single filament bulb currently. I'm still debating what I'm going to
put in it, and thought I'd check the halogen bulb options before deciding.
I also need to decide how to control them. These isn't any kind of switch
on my sm420 and I don't want to go looking for one of the later ones that
has the switch. I'm thinking relay control with a reed switch positioned so
a magnet on the shift lever triggers it only when in reverse.
There may be a better answer, but that's where I'm at today. The easiest
is a toggle that I have to remember to turn off, and that's risky...
Thanks!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Horvath" <alan@alanhorvath.com>
To: "Steve Hanberg" <steve@OldSub.com>
Cc: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Door Strikers and Latches
Hey, Steve
I'm glad my site helped you out.
:o)
They work great, too - when I turn 'em on, they light everything up
nice and bright! Naturally, you'll want to hook up BOTH wires to the
hot lead to get the full brightest of a backup light.
Alan
http://AlanHorvath.com/54chevy/
Steve Hanberg wrote:
> Hey Alan I don't have any information about latches and strikers, but
> I thought I should thank you for the backup light idea.
>
> I was looking for a backup light solution for my '55 1st Suburban and
> your idea using the parking lights from a '47-'53 seems perfect,
> especially because I'm parting out a '47.
>
> This morning my son removed the lights from the '47 and as I was
> holding things up against the Suburban I wondered how you'd dealt with
> some of the issues. It was nice to be able to check your photos and
> write-up on your web site to get answers to just the questions I was
> asking.
>
> Great Job and Thanks!
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