bulbs for '68 taillights

["Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx>]

Some are staggered, some are not.  There are bulbs which will fit either way
in a dual contact socket - Look at a 1004, or an 1158 to see an example.
(I'm not telling you to use those, just explaining why I said what I said).

By the way, I mis-spoke about the candlepower of the 1157 - it is only 4 CP
on the tail light filament, not 6 CP (if you can tell the difference, I
can't hold a candle to you!).

Dick Benjamin (who is beginning to stagger too!).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark McDonald" <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: IML: bulbs for '68 taillights


> But Dick, aren't the locking posts on a 2 filament bulb staggered?  That
is,
> not at the same level?  I didn't think a 2 filament bulb would seat in a
socket
> designed for a single.
>
> Again, hope I'm not boring everybody, just trying to learn something here.
>
> MM
>
> Dick Benjamin wrote:
>
> > Some confusion seems to have crept in here.  The two 1157s on each side
> > light the 6 watt filament for tail lights, and the 32 watt filament for
> > brake/turn lights.   When the 32 watt filament is on, you cannot tell
> > whether or not the 6 watt filament is on, because the light difference
is
> > very small.
> >
> > The inner two bulbs, to have the same brightness as the outer ones when
only
> > the tail lights are on have to be 6 watt filament bulbs also.
> >
> > In this case the second filament is not used (on the 68s) so a two
filament
> > bulb is not required in the center two positions.
> >
> > Putting a two filament bulb into a single contact socket will usually
result
> > in both filaments lighting (depending on the particular position of the
> > contact button in the socket) which is probably what is wrong with
Mark's
> > car.
> >
> > Dick Benjamin
>
>
>