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Rear Tail Lights. Mounted high. No "spacers" required.

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All of the originals were a little different. But for the most part CSX2286, 2287 and 2299 were like FFR's placement and CSX2601, 2602 and 2300 were high. I like the high placement because I think it Accentuates the uniqueness of the Daytona's Kamm tail.

As much as I like the vintage looks, I also like Pete Brocks newer interpretation with the single reverse light on the left side, so I will be doing this.
A Lot of thought went into the layout I chose along with how the lights would pickup the mount.
The upper lamps won't hit the mounts, but will be right above them. The body will be "lamp secured" with the lower lamps on both sides and the reverse lamp on the left.
Here is a shot of the mounts with the holes.
A lot of people have commented that they felt like they needed "spacers" when securing the rear lamps to the body mounts, however I found that there is quite a bit of flex in the rear body panal and that it can easily draw up tight to the mount without requiring a spacer.


[IMG]http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q63/Tyrod2/tail001Medium.jpg[/IMG]

And a inside pic of the body holes. Highlighted is an image of FFR's placement that I just noticed.

[IMG]http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q63/Tyrod2/tail009Medium-1.jpg[/IMG]
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Updated 03-17-2012 at 08:22 AM by Tim Potts

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  1. RonSchofield's Avatar
    Tim,

    I think the later cars with the high tail lamps were done for better visibility. I blogged about it on my build site.

    http://www.mycoupe.ca/modules/wordpress/?p=161

    I did some measurements from photos of old cars as best I could to get the locations.



    I have a CAD drawing of the change in position from the Factory Five locations to the upper locations. It can be accessed at

    http://www.f5registry.com/documents/TLTPL.dxf

    This did require that I create new mounting plates for the tail lamps, but with all the other changes I have done, what is another mod.

    Ron
    Updated 03-17-2012 at 09:44 AM by RonSchofield

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