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10-23-2022, 12:56 PM | #21 |
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Re: Wife wants Turn Signals
Has anyone hooked up a headlight as a signal light with just one bulb?
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10-23-2022, 01:04 PM | #22 | |
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Maybe using the High as the flashing one and the low as the stay on one. Regards Bill |
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10-23-2022, 02:58 PM | #23 | |
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One of the reasons I use amber bulbs (1156A). |
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10-23-2022, 10:13 PM | #24 |
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I have 2 Model A s that have Logo Lites installed. Easy to install, 6 or 12 volts, Led lights.
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10-24-2022, 07:31 AM | #25 |
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Thanks for all the information. I got an idea of what I need and what to do now and will do a follow up later.
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11-21-2022, 04:07 PM | #26 |
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I did not get any paperwork or iformation on the kit. Do you have the instructions or a schematic? Thanks, Ron Russo |
11-21-2022, 04:30 PM | #27 |
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Re: Wife wants Turn Signals
May I ask...at the national events, I always thought that safety items are not a deduction of pints for a judged car. I am thinking, fuises, turn signal system, cast iron drums, the outdoor mirrors, etc. ???
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11-21-2022, 04:43 PM | #28 |
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Here, turn signals are considered a safety item and suffer no loss of points if the car is judged.
There are many, many different lights used but here, the turn signals are amber front and back. Using the brake light as a turn signal has been banned since the mid fifties. Some of the most popular lights are from motor cycles except Harley Davidson. IMO, they are too small.
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11-21-2022, 06:15 PM | #29 |
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Re: Wife wants Turn Signals
My car was built March 1928. It has a single tail light. I did add the window mounted aux breakelight. I had a LED buds tail light, but I could not keep it working. I took it out, and went back to a incandescent bulb.
I see cars fitted with turn signals that fir detween the horizontals of the bumpers, and they look fairly slick. I think Macs and Snyders both sell them. |
11-22-2022, 10:21 AM | #30 |
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My Victoria has Bratton's 20401 Main Harness with integral turn signals. The system uses the cowl lights and two LED tail lights for signal lights. Since 2016, this turn signal system has worked well, i.e., no parts failures and excellent in modern traffic. The 20401 system does not self-cancel the signals after a turn, but I positioned the Signal Stat below the spark advance quadrant. As the steering wheel recovers out of a turn, my hand on the steering wheel naturally passes the long lever of the sign stat making it very easy to cancel the lights.
I am going to replace the add-on turn signal system in my Coupe with Bratton's 20401.
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11-22-2022, 01:12 PM | #31 |
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Years ago I bought a turn signal switch that had a rubber roller in the top. The roller is supposed to be mounted against the steering wheel. The purpose of the roller was to cancel the turn signal. I never mounted it or tested it. Has anyone ever used a turn signal like this? Did it work correctly?
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11-22-2022, 03:40 PM | #32 |
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I have the same thing that Bob has except that I bought mine from Sacramento Vintage Ford. 12 years and 25k miles and still going strong.
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11-22-2022, 05:32 PM | #33 |
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Re: Wife wants Turn Signals
Thought I might weigh in on this as well. My friend, Jim Cannon, installed one of the Turnswitch / Electro-Tech units on our Cabriolet - it works great. Rather than a turn switch lever on the steering column, we elected instead to install a toggle switch under the dash rail just above the instrument panel - it is effectively out of sight and as was noted above, you would have to lean down to see it. The Electro-Tech unit is also self-cancelling, and has a low but audible beep to it as well. If your car has cowl lights, I might suggest that you use those instead of the headlights. In my opinion, folks are not inclined to consider that a turn signal would typically be found in the headlight proper. By the same token, those with additional lights added to the bumper or the lower part of the front of the car, may also find that these may not be as easily seen as something higher on the car's profile would be. In that regard, Snyder's (and perhaps others) carry a cowl light turn signal conversion kit for both 28-29 and 30-31 vehicles. We have three other restored Model A's, and as time and resources permit, it is my plan to add this feature to those cars as well. Good luck whatever route you decide to take.
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