Steve Hanberg wrote:
> 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.
The 1947 - 1953 Chevy pickup parking lights that I got from Chevy Duty
were double filament bulbs ... two wires ... I guess they were also
meant for turn signals. I just connected both wires to a hot lead and
grounded the light unit's body to my frame.
> 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.
Yeah ... I don't have a switch built into my shifter, so I'm just using
a small pull-switch for now. But when I do my interior, I'm gonna
install a lighted flip-switch (maybe in an overhead console) so I can
see (and be reminded) when it's on.
> 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...
I forget mine occasionally ... that's why I'm gonna get a lighted
toggle switch and put it where it's visible.
Alan
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