[Old Goat 67]

Me too please.
Need to know what color that is, about to decide on a blue.
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Thanks,
Charles

[Old Blue 66]

Originally Posted by GT182

Paul, do you have a photo of the taillights lit up with the LEDs installed? That's a nice looking Goat too.

Gary, I dont have pics of the car when the lights are lit. Sorry.

[Old Blue 66]

The car usually sits low to the ground like in the first pic. It has an air ride suspension. Its also been changed quite a bit since these pics. A mirrored firewall and white custom interior come to mind. Its a beautiful car and one of my local fav modified GTO's.

And yes that is a 72 GTO with a ducktail spoiler in the second pic. Its one of the two made from the factory and not a repop.

[GT182]

No problem Paul.

But do clue him in on the wire change for the parking lights.

[BlueGTO]

The LEDs on the blue car above look like the flush mounts by Hagan that have been used on Hot Rods for years here is a link to them.
http://www.haganauto.com/category_s/87.htm

Good looking car

[uforacing]

I have built my own LED's. Not hard to do. I may build a set for the 72. Couple of pic's of the units I built for the camper. I replaced the 1141 bulbs with them and got more light and dropped the watts from 19 to 5.

I used 10mm LED's for my project as they had a greater beam width (40 degrees)

[Old Goat 67]

Now you've gone and done it. I can hear all those little neutrons and protons and such having a noisy party upstairs!

[uforacing]

Originally Posted by Old Goat 67

Now you've gone and done it. I can hear all those little neutrons and protons and such having a noisy party upstairs!

Just leave the queer electrons running around the valance ring out of it and your OK.

[Old Goat 67]

UFO, That's what I was hoping not to happen.............

Hey Gary, go see if these will fit through your hole in the bottom of the brake light housing?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2x-11...spagenameZWDVW

26.6 MM = 1.04 "

Ball's in your court, I'm off to church. Cold or not, go see!

Charles

[GT182]

They probably will Charles. But..... they're in Hong Kong and I'm not about to send money there. Besides, there's only 2 bulbs and I need a total of 6. I pass to you. You'll be back before the auction is over and you can grab em.

[Old Goat 67]

Gary,
Do a search on ebay for "1157 led", there are a bunch of them on there with stateside addresses and cheaper too. Reds, white, ambers - various led counts, etc.

Charles

[68gtoMN]

There are many "bulb" type LEDs available with costs ranging all across the spectrum from value to obnoxious. The main thing to realize is that the LED 1157 replacements will give the tail light a "dot" of concentrated light versus the "filling" effect of an incandescent. The LEDs tend to concentrate light at a much narrower point. When you have a 66 - 67 GTO with wide tail lights, the LED bulb does not "fill" the area well.

It is for this reason that i have been playing with some LED designs to fix this issue. I'm not electrical engineer or such; rather, a guy who is curious and who asks, "why can't someone make this work better?" So, with that said, I'll get back to this sometime soon. If I can spend a little more time with "prototypes", what I'm creating will be nearly as easy as the LED bulb replacement but will offer the "filling" effect of the incandescent bulb too. Sorry I don't have it ready to show, but I'm working on it. I'll post up soon.

Oh, remember that you need dual density LEDs to allow the brightness from running to brake light intensity. D:

[GT182]

68gtoMN, that sounds great. And that's for the info onthe "filling effect" that's missing with LEDs. I'm going to wait and see what ya got when ya got it ready. This is sounding good.

Oh, and another thought. Can you do sequential with the LEDs you're working on?

And I volunteer to be your beta tester too.

[Old Goat 67]

The main thing to realize is that the LED 1157 replacements will give the tail light a "dot" of concentrated light versus the "filling" effect of an incandescent. The LEDs tend to concentrate light at a much narrower point. When you have a 66 - 67 GTO with wide tail lights, the LED bulb does not "fill" the area well.

Wouldn't this qualify for "filling effect"? 39 LED's.

[Old Blue 66]

Originally Posted by GT182

No problem Paul.

But do clue him in on the wire change for the parking lights.

That car has caught on fire once before. I dont remember why though. It was about 5 years ago.

[GT182]

They sure did a great job fixing it up again Paul. Tastful and yet not overdone. The only thing that looks strange... to me... is no door handles. Tho without them and the emblems it sure cleans up the sides. And the ghost flames look pretty cool too.

[Blue '66]

Originally Posted by Old Blue 66

The car usually sits low to the ground like in the first pic. It has an air ride suspension. Its also been changed quite a bit since these pics. A mirrored firewall and white custom interior come to mind. Its a beautiful car and one of my local fav modified GTO's.

And yes that is a 72 GTO with a ducktail spoiler in the second pic. Its one of the two made from the factory and not a repop.

That looks like Barrier Blue?

[nadmik]

Fella's,

Sorry, this is a Camaro link...but, you might find this info interesting. These are alternative's to LED and our regular 1157's.

http://www.camaros.net/forums/showth...167#post988167

Also, would love to know the paint color and name of the wheels on this awesome goat...thx.