tail lights 41 Ford
 

A friend has a bone stock 41 Ford coupe, it's a beauty. He 's worried that his tail light airnt bright enough. Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a bigger candle power bulb that fits right in the stock 41 tail light. His is the double filement with the 2 tits right across from each other. This is still the 6 volt system. Thanks Walt

Re: tail lights 41 Ford
 

I think there are Halogens available but they use a lot of juice and run hot. Has he tried adding reflectors inside the light housing? I can remember useing shiny foil cupcake papers to make reflectors. Don't know if they still sell them.
Walt, do you go to the Thomas Point Bluegrass Festival?? It is back this year.

Re: tail lights 41 Ford
 

I tried the halogens and didn't find them a whole lot brighter and they are very hot. If the the wiring in the car is good the originals should be ok. I did the "tin foil' thing too.

Re: tail lights 41 Ford
 

Paint the insides a glossy white. Really brightens things up.

Re: tail lights 41 Ford
 

Make sure the tailght housings have a good ground and follow all the other suggestions.

Re: tail lights 41 Ford
 

Hi
on the 41 tail light conversion. Here are some of the sugestions i played with:

Painting the entire tail light housing
white inside bulb bracket and all

the :l"shaped bulb socket bracket is only held in the housing with two small rivits. They can be drilled out and the relocated deeper inside of the housing so a haligon bulb would fit. Also as i remember, there is room for two bulbs inside the housing

drill heat vent holes in the housing so the haligon heat can get out

make sure there is a good ground for all bulbs, and everything electric. I



big al

Re: tail lights 41 Ford
 

Go with a LED conversion. I'm sure they are available for 6 Volt systems.

Dave

Re: tail lights 41 Ford
 

I went to LED tail light bulbs on 6V but the bulb only comes in the 1157 base which has the offset pins on the side, I found it very easy to change the bulb socket on the 34-35 style tail light but the 41 will be a bit harder(Tyree Harris has the sockets). I used "Super bright LED". If you do go to LED bulbs make sure you order red LED, using another color such as white and the red lens will filter out light and make the LED tail lights dimmer.

Re: tail lights 41 Ford
 

Walt, besides using reflective foil or painting the inside buckets white, Sacramento Vintage Ford sells "super bright" 6 volt tail light bulbs. These are essentially higher candlepower bulbs and will not effect the generator. I installed a set on my 46 and it really made a difference. Also, good wire connections and running an additional ground wire from each tail light certainly helps.

Re: tail lights 41 Ford
 

Thanks Steve, will call Sacramento, Walt