Passenger side Tail-lite on '28 Phaeton
 

As I grow older, and immortality is fading away, I am becoming a bit more safety conscious. Hence, I am now beginning to look into adding a second tail lite (passenger side) to my '28 Phaeton. Because it has a large trunk mounted where the rear spare normally would sit, the existing single tail lite is often times not visible.

So I am soliciting information from those of you who HAVE actually mounted a second tail lite to the body of a '28 Tudor or Phaeton (these are different brackets from the '28 coupe / roadster). In particular, the fit of the new cast-iron brackets, to the body. The bracket that I have does not fit the body as well as I believe it should. Is there some grinding / filing that needs to be done to get a proper fit to the body ?
What have others done to fit this bracket to the car's body, lower belt ?

I would be grateful for any help with this question.

Re: Passenger side Tail-lite on '28 Phaeton
 

Ther was one on a customers car that looked very nice. It was a year ago and I forget the details, but the original on the left has captive nuts I believe, the added one had long bolts and nuts on the back side. You have to drill through two sections of the rear rail I believe. I'd drill one, fit the bracket and check the alignment, before drilling the other two. Bob

Re: Passenger side Tail-lite on '28 Phaeton
 

Think about "nutserts"............
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Re: Passenger side Tail-lite on '28 Phaeton
 

Thanks guys. I am aware of the mounting fasteners; however, it is the actual metal to metal fit of bracket base to body surface, that I am actually concerned with. That is where my bracket does not fit closely and firmly to the body. Are there two (or three) different makers of these brackets ? Or is there only one source, and the bracket mounting base must be custom shaped to closely fit the body contour ?

Re: Passenger side Tail-lite on '28 Phaeton
 

Try to source one from Australia/ NZ .

It will fit perfectly on the right side.

I drilled my USA left one right through, as I was not sure I would trust the nutserts in an 86 year old single layer of sheetmetal .

Car is a driver, so nuts showing inside was not an issue.