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#1029008 05/16/2014 5:43 AM
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I've searched all over the forum and couldn't find the answer. I'm hoping someone can point me to a link, website or part number for a light or reflector kit for a 1955 2nd series bed roll.

Thanks in advance!!!


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Just about any of the old Chevy picks parts catalog has them i have 68 mopar side lights in my bed roll


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Didn't somebody figure out how to use the bargain-priced LED flashlights as bed roll lights, possibly for backup lights? I remember those things on sale at Harbor Freight Tools for something like two for five bucks or less!
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Here are some with the larger heads that I haven't
tried making a mounting plug for. My move got in the
way of my experimenting.
These really light up the back of the truck but the head won't
fit in the bed roll:
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/152903544

The head from the smaller ones like Jerry was talking about can
be squeeze into a PVC pipe reducer by turning them in a bench
lathe:
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/122737145
Voltage wise they all run off of 4.5vdc battery current. All you
have to do is put a small dropping resistor in series with them
to get rid of the extra 7.5v from your 12v system or drop 1.5v
in your 6v system. I just used some 1/2w resistors from Rat
Shack that I had on the shelf, can't recall what the resistance
was now, all of that was lost when the confuser crashed last
year.
DG

Last edited by Denny Graham; 05/16/2014 9:27 PM.

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