[DeTomaso] Fwd: Re: Taillight Housing Extra Socket?

Tue Apr 30 10:18:35 EDT 2013

and only on one side?  Interesting, your hypothesis makes sense, sourced
from two different vendors.

Now the question, is one side 2x as bright as the other?  What about the
fuse rating, increased amps?

Oh well, it was fun to speculate on what it could have been, I think that a
parking light or fog light was a far sexier
reason to cut up a housing than just to make it brighter.  ;-)

Michael Shortt

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Corey Price <coreyjprice at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks guys, but the light socket is wired in parallel with the original.
>  I think it was meant to increase the brightness of the lights.  My guess
> is that the previous owner bought the two housings from different people.
>
> Corey
>
>
>
> On Apr 29, 2013, at 1:01 PM, "Tomas Gunnarsson" <guson at home.se> wrote:
>
> > I know what you mean Michael. Particularly German cars tend to have this
> > feature. It lights up one side front and back but not the instrument
> > lights. Normal parking lights usually bring the instrument lights on at
> > the same time.
> >
> > Tomas
> >
> > <-----Ursprungligt Meddelande----->
> > From: michael at michaelshortt.com [michael at michaelshortt.com]
> > Sent: 28/4/2013 11:33:22 PM
> > To: detomaso at poca.com
> > Subject: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Re: Taillight Housing Extra Socket?
> >
> >> Different kind of parking light, I am referring to one that lights up
> > only the left or right rear corner ( on a 450SL it is activated when you
> > turn the lights off snd then go one or two clicks backwards past that -
> > 1
> > for left, 2 for right ). Not standard parking lights that light up all
> > four
> > corners plus the side markers.
> >> Used when one is forced to park along a narrow street at night, one
> > one
> > corner and one bulb to reduce battery drain.
> >> Since it was asked about it only being on one side is why I didn't
> > think
> > it was simply for more lumens ( brightness). But I guess it could just
> > be
> > brighter just on one side.
> >> Only the original owner or modification guy knows for sure.
> >>
> >> Michael
> >>
> >> On Apr 28, 2013 2:00 PM, "Tomas Gunnarsson" <guson at home.se> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Since it seems to be a socket for a two filament bulb I assume
> > someone
> >>> wanted to increase lightpower for taillights and brake lights. The
> >>> parking light function is already kinda covered in the basic
> >>> configuration. ;-)
> >>>
> >>> Tomas
> >>>
> >>> <-----Ursprungligt Meddelande----->
> >>> From: michael at michaelshortt.com [michael at michaelshortt.com]
> >>> Sent: 28/4/2013 1:21:45 PM
> >>> To: Corey Price
> >>> Cc: detomaso at poca.com
> >>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Taillight Housing Extra Socket?
> >>>
> >>> My best guess is that a previous owner installed a rear fog light (
> > for
> >>> cars behind to see him in fog or increment weather) when the main
> > lights
> >>> are not on.
> >>>
> >>> Or
> >>>
> >>> It could be a parking light, since many european cars park on the
> > side
> >>> of
> >>> the road, it is lit up when the car is parked in a precarious(sp)
> >>> position
> >>> to hopefully keep some moron from running into your car.
> >>>
> >>> Michael Shortt
> >>> Savannah, Ga
> >>> #1660
> >>> Michaelspantera.com
> >>> On Apr 28, 2013 1:06 AM, "Corey Price" <coreyjprice at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I have an extra socket in one of the taillight housings. See it
> > here:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> > http://pantera1998.blogspot.com/2013/04/taillight-lens-rehabilitation-pa
> >>> rt-i.html
> >>>>
> >>>> Is this normal? It was definitely added after the fact. Notice that
> >>> only
> >>>> one side has it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Corey
> >>>>
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