Pacifica Pete Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Hello all. The tail light i have for my 1949 Type 45 is falling apart and seems to be missing a part. I have no idea if it is the original or not. Can anyone out there with a type 45 post a few pics of their tail light so I can compare? Also, my rig has only 1 tail light (left of course). Does anyone know if any of these trucks were supplied with Left and Right? Pete Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56067-type-45-brake-light/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZB755V8 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Pete, It would be easier if you would post what you got as most here do not have a Type 45 fire engine parked out back to compare. But we may have an idea were to get or match up the light you are after. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56067-type-45-brake-light/#findComment-417721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacifica Pete Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 This is the light i have. It certainly is old because both the main lens and the license plate light lens are glass. The back of the bulb socket is obviously missing, and the red glass lens just falls back into the housing. I'm guessing it may have had a clip ring or some other method of securing it into the trim bezel? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56067-type-45-brake-light/#findComment-417745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Maybe the wrong lens for the assembly? Tail lights on trucks in that era were pretty generic. If there are any numbers on the housing, a computer search may give some more info. Also, in that time period one tail light was fairly typical. A truck could have been built with a pair if that was specified by the purchaser. Updating to a right hand light would probably be a good idea with all the idiots on the road. I put a set of these lights on a truck of that same general age. The housing is black which is ok for me. They could be painted red or you could get some with a chrome housing. https://www.macsautoparts.com/early_v8_ford_truck/tail-light-assembly-ford-1946-47-pickup-truck-red-lens-6-and-12-volt-bulbs-left.html Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56067-type-45-brake-light/#findComment-417769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacifica Pete Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 found my answer on Ebay - I found a pic of a lens assembly for sale and indeed it has a clip ring. I also learned that the same lamps were used on Willys jeeps so reproductions are available but mainly with a black housing. Now to find an extra Mack tailight bracket so I can add a right side lamp.... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56067-type-45-brake-light/#findComment-417869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Have a photo of your bracket? I may have one in my stuff. Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56067-type-45-brake-light/#findComment-417874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 59 minutes ago, Pacifica Pete said: found my answer on Ebay Nice! Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56067-type-45-brake-light/#findComment-417876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
609albert Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Their a fellow in PA. that reproduced the Mack brackets for taillights call Cal Little in Hummelstown Pa,(near Hersey) 1-717-566-8973 that is where I got mine for my 54 LS85 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56067-type-45-brake-light/#findComment-418073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacifica Pete Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 On 3/10/2019 at 8:06 AM, 41chevy said: Have a photo of your bracket? I may have one in my stuff. Paul Its a cast piece, about 9.5" long, and in my case painted prison-paint-shop-red like everything else on the rig ha ha. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56067-type-45-brake-light/#findComment-418180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacifica Pete Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 On 3/12/2019 at 7:08 PM, 609albert said: Their a fellow in PA. that reproduced the Mack brackets for taillights call Cal Little in Hummelstown Pa,(near Hersey) 1-717-566-8973 that is where I got mine for my 54 LS85 thanks for the lead, ill look into that! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56067-type-45-brake-light/#findComment-418181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
609albert Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 that's it Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56067-type-45-brake-light/#findComment-418205 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Definitely do not have any cast brackets! Prison Shop Red is okay. Saw an article on a inmate restored Seagrave a few years ago. The work was very will done. Does give new meaning to having it in ''paint jail'' Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56067-type-45-brake-light/#findComment-418209 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacifica Pete Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 25 minutes ago, 41chevy said: Definitely do not have any cast brackets! Prison Shop Red is okay. Saw an article on a inmate restored Seagrave a few years ago. The work was very will done. Does give new meaning to having it in ''paint jail'' Paul Wish that I could say ours was well done.. it's basically a big red orange peel. and they painted over a lot of things that shouldn't have been painted, while simultaneously loosing/failing to reinstall a bunch of fasteners. Additionally, the nice gold striping was never re applied. This all occurred way before I inherited the project but the legacy lives on.... but hey it could be way worse, and it still looks cool rolling by in a parade so what the heck. -Pete 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56067-type-45-brake-light/#findComment-418215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post David Johnson Posted March 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2019 That looks the same as my ‘45 Type 45. On one than more occasion I have replicated those spring clips that hold the glass in by bending coat hangers. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56067-type-45-brake-light/#findComment-418864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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