Night Moves

[theunz]

3rd brake light...well actually 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th

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[greydog]

I replaced both relay cans with solid state relays.
Dan

[dbrick]

Cool! So question (and this may be something 68 specific that I didn't know),
are the tops now running + brake, and the bottoms just running lites?
I am trying to find the quirks in my 69 set-up, and am thinking a re-wiring / re-thinking and some LED's may be in the plan real soon.

Most early cars <68 that I have seen, the top is turn sig and the lower is brake light. 68 all four are running lamps. I think the 69 and 70 are different as to how many lamps do what. There has been discussion here somewhere. Ross knows .)
Studies have shown that brake lights up high (such as the 3rd) significantly reduce rear enders. Anything to avoid rear enders is a plus imo.
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Fergus-from memory (not very reliable), my '68 has running lights on both. The turn signals blink on the top and brake lights on the bottom. It looks like Pebbles swapped the light sockets.
On our '69, the tail lights all function as one. That is, both uppers and lowers brighten as stop lights and flash as turn signals.
Dan

Dan did you add a cancel relay?

If you get a trailer light adapter for separate brake and turn signals, you can wire up all four tail lights with double filament bulbs so you have 2 stop and 2 turn on each side. I did it on the 66 when I added the trailer hitch, along with LED 1157 bulbs in back and switchback LEDs in front. Still using the H4 headlamps from 1974, Only car with better focused headlights I've driven is our Volvo XC40.