Fender Mounted Turn Signal

[Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dick,

I'm using the term "taillight" in the more general sense of a light at the tail
(rear) of the car.  Not to split filaments!

I can't explain it, but I invite you to try it yourself: remove the bulb or put
a bulb with a bad filament in one of the taillights and see if the turn signal
will flash.  Unless my 2 Imperials are unlike every other Imperial made, or my
memory is really bad, the turn signal indicator on that side won't operate--
i.e., flash.

Is it possible this was an intentional design feature?  That they put a more
sensitive flasher there, in order to alert the driver that one of his lights
was out?


Mark

Dick Benjamin wrote:

> The normal load sensitive el-cheapo flasher would be overloaded, thus the
> car really should have a heavy duty flasher installed.   The heavy duty
> flasher is insensitive to load, and will flash whether or not all the bulbs
> are working.   I suppose it is possible to have a load sensitive flasher so
> hair triggered that it will flash with 4 32 CP bulbs plus the two smaller
> ones, and somehow know to stop when one of the filaments burns out, but I
> rather doubt it.  Those who have lesser Mopars with a smaller number of
> large bulbs running off the turn signals probably do have light duty
> flashers; this will cause the flasher to stop sequencing if one burns out.
> Anyone who has followed a 67 around a few corners at night will know what
> "wall to wall" taillights means!
>