Here I am, 'way behind in my reading again! :) Parking lamps became
running lamps sometime in the mid-60s. Years ago I moved the wire to
the parking lamps on The Forty from the parking lamp terminal on the
head light switch to the tail lamp terminal.
Tuesday, October 09, 2001, 1:49:50 PM, New wrote:
> You can run a diode in the right direction to make them work with the
>headlamps
> and normal with just the park lamps. Or run the park lamp wire to the
>headlamps
> for both. Running park lamps only is illegal anyhoo.. Mike, I will post your
> pics tomorrow. I have been super busy, ok. Sorry for being so late with it. I
> lost my software to upload to my server and just found it.
> Doug Pewterbaugh wrote:
>> This discussion occurred a while ago on the list & was confirmed that the
>> running (parking) lights were correctly wired to go out when the headlights
>> came on. It was summarized that in later years, autos were wired to keep
>> the running lights on when the headlights were turned on, in order to help
>> distinguish oncoming cars from motorcycles when one headlight was burned
>> out.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Doug Pewterbaugh
>> dpewter@msn.com
>> Denton, TX
>> 49 3104 216 5-window
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <MLayton324@aol.com>
>> To: <climbandmaintain@yahoo.com>; <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 4:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Parking lights
>>
>> > mike
>> > on my 50 model the parking lights go off when the headlites go on
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Mike Layton
>> > Sumter SC
>> >
>> > 37 1ton
>> > 50 2 ton
>> > 50 suburban 3106
>> > 50 3600 wrecker
>> > 50 3100
>> > 50 panel
>> > 51 panel
>> > 51 3600 flat bed dually
>> > 51 suburban 3116
>> > 52 suburban 3116
>> > 52 3100 5wdo
>> > 59 apache fleetside
>> > 66 c20
>> > 68c30
>> >
>> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>>
>> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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Lewis - K7LVO - Medford, OR - Valley of the Rogue
The Forty - 1940 Chevy Pickup - One Owner
http://www.teleport.com/~losborn/1940.html
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