Re: AR pickup taillight bracket

Posted by Dan Partain on Sep. 15, 1998 at 22:09:43

In Reply to: Re: AR pickup taillight bracket
posted by Bill on Sep. 15, 1998 at 10:59:18

: Thank you Dan.
: The bracket I was questioning is the one for AR pickups, and early dual brake pickups, which had the taillamp and licence UNDER the bed, not to the left.On page 110 of "The Ford Model A, as Henry Built it" shows a roadster pickup wiht this light arrangement, and on page 111, is a late 28 roadster pickup, with the drum taillamp to the left of the bed.I am wondering if both brackets are the same, just reversed.
: Thanks, Bill
Hi Bill, I looked through some of my books and 'did' see an early pickup with the tail light mounted under the bed, not behind the rear fender. The quality of the picture isn't good enough to see the bracket clearly. A similar type of tail light mount is standard for the later wide bed pickups but I don't know if it is the same bracket. This later bracket is available from most of the parts places. I also checked the latest judging standards and didn't find any mention of an early bracket. (This may be something that should be added to the judging standards). As far as the bracket being reversed on the earlier models, I guess that is a possibility but it would put one of the mounting holes out in space and would look weird.
Another possibility is that Henry was using up some leftover 26-27 Model T brackets on the early pickups.
Hopefully someone here has access to one of those earlier trucks and can come up with the answer.
-DAN

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Re: AR pickup taillight bracket Bill Sep. 15, 1998 at 22:21:46(1)
Re: AR pickup taillight bracket Marco Sep. 16, 1998 at 02:44:38(0)

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