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Taillight trivia
This might have been posted before, and I haven't really done any research on it, but how many of you have heard (or know) that you can "sometimes" tell the year of a GM car by looking at the taillight for the date?? Again, I don't know when this started or if it's just GM cars, but I thought it was worth looking into. By looking at this picture, most of you will probably be able to tell what car it's from, but can you tell me the year of the car?? I submit that you can't, unless you see the whole car, because it's a taillight that was used two years in a row. Can anyone tell me how many other's there are like this where a taillight was used for a couple years or more??
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Related question: were are the backup lights on the '63 - '65 Corvettes? '66 shows it in the inboard lamp and '67 moved to above the license plate. K
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Last edited by Lee Stewart; 06-26-2017 at 06:26 PM. |
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My '63 and '65 Pontiacs have back up lamps but as you point out they were optional content. K
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Don't recall ever seeing one of them without b/u lights. It would make them stand out more, or if someone replaced a white lens with a red one would make it look like a subtle customizing job.
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Here are the stats for 63 to 65 Corvettes that were built with b/u lights: 1963: 318 out of 21,513 total 1964: 11,085 out of 22,229 total 1965: 15,397 out of 23,562 total Last edited by Lee Stewart; 06-26-2017 at 11:36 PM. |
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So, the b/u light was just placed where a red lens would normally be if you didn't order b/u lights. Shows what I know about mid 60's Corvettes, which is not very much.
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