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Location: Kansas City, KS | I found these tail lights on eBay for $20/pr. They are for a 1963 Ford Fairlane but they fit on my '58 Imperial perfectly.
It may be blasphemous to use a different manufacturer's part but...
the price and especially the availability is such a relief compared to the near impossible to find originals.
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Location: The Centennial State | This is the s**t I love! I love the work-arounds. I love the ingenuity, I love the alternatives! Good to see you post again Donny! |
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Location: christchurch New Zealand | I like the initiative on options, $20 is a whole cheaper over repos or decent used. is that a 67 new yorker i spy in behind it ?
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Location: Kansas City, KS | Thanks, Mike!
Geoff - Yes! This is my New Yorker
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Location: Newark, Texas (Fort Worth) | What is the diameter of the small end? I wonder if 1959 Caddy tail light lenses would work on those? |
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Location: Blythewood, SC | I remember a car on here a long long time ago that had clear dixie cups that had been painted red inside for tail light lenses. Ingenuity. |
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Location: Kansas City, KS | mstrug - 2025-09-25 12:45 PM
What is the diameter of the small end? I wonder if 1959 Caddy tail light lenses would work on those?
That's a good thought, I had considered them at first because of the popularity and how similar in design they are to the 1959 Imperial lens
But -
The '59 Caddilac lenses are 3in diameter while the Imperial lenses are 3-3/4in
They are also 2in longer than the Imperial lenses which would make them protrude further than the bumper |
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Location: Kansas City, KS | 57plymouth - 2025-09-25 1:44 PM
I remember a car on here a long long time ago that had clear dixie cups that had been painted red inside for tail light lenses. Ingenuity.
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Location: The Centennial State | Those '63 Ford lenses look perfect. That's exactly what Ma MoPar should have done in the first place. Three concentric rings on each side! Perfect. I remember School House Rock as a kid: Three is a magic number!
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Location: northern germany | Lancer Mike - 2025-09-25 10:10 PM
Three is a magic number!
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Location: Kansas City, KS | Lancer Mike - 2025-09-25 9:10 PM
Those '63 Ford lenses look perfect. That's exactly what Ma MoPar should have done in the first place. Three concentric rings on each side! Perfect. I remember School House Rock as a kid: Three is a magic number!
Ghia definitely agreed on the three rings for the limos
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