Glad you guys brought this up. My significant other gave me a set of
original taillights for my '47 and I was all ready to put them on when I
realized that the PO had sealed up all the old holes. I have been wondering
exactly where to redrill the holes for mounting the taillights. The
passenger side bracket and light is easy...it should fit fine on the rear of
the stake pocket. However, if I mount the bracket and light on the driver's
side ...and on the rear of the stake pocket...it interferes with the opening
of the tailgate. Maybe...as Mike and Alan have said...the correct mounting
for my truck is on the FRONT of the stake pocket. Duh...I never thought of
that. I'm gonna check it out today.
BTW, I got blue dot lenses for both taillights. Question...were blue dot
lenses available as a factory option, a dealer option, or neither....and
just added on by people who like them?
Tom Caperton
'47 2nd 3100
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Gingles <agingles@nucleus.com>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, February 13, 1999 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Tail light mounting?
>MASK4335@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> I was paging through a book and came across a rear view photo of an AD
truck
>> that looked different from mine. The tail light brackets were bolted to
the
>> front side of the rear bed stake pockets, but mine have always been
bolted to
>> the rear side. My assembly manual is not clear and after looking through
>> every pickup book I have, I come up with about a 50-50 mix of front and
rear
>> mounts. (Most pictures are of the front or 3/4 front) Which is the
correct
>> mounting, front or rear of the stake pocket?
>> Mike K
>> '48 3100
>> Wichita Falls, TX
>
>Mike,
>
>The brackets on my '48 are mounted to the front of the stake pockets.
>Don't know if that's the correct location, but they look fine there.
>
>Alan Gingles
>1948 Chevy "1314"
>http://www.nucleus.com/~agingles
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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