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Tim,


I pulled the template from this thread: https://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=743562&page=1 and thanks again for posting it. Is the template at the correct size? I seem to remember a thread where you posted that the template needed to be sized properly?

The trick/problem with PDFs is the scaling at the printer. I have sometimes placed a ruler over the template when I scale it, and then people can check the correct measurement/scale of the printout.

You can sometimes set preferences of your PDF software: original size or full size. The preferences/settings in software are different depending on the generation of your PDF software and the generation of your PC's OS.

There is a 3/4" hole on that template. Print it out and measure the hole diameter on the template

Not quite 3/4". I'll adjust. Thanks!

The only problem with mounting the '39 taillights using the original template is that it puts the lamps in an area that clutters up the lines of the rear end of the truck & makes them look more like eyesores than a nice addition.

http://img.claspics.com/w8cp5hb/hhjtxrqg/1370395310-595.jpg_m.jpg?1370395322

Mounting these lamps lower on the body makes them look sleeker & more of a compliment to the rear end of the body.

http://img.claspics.com/w8cp5hb/hhju4cdh/1370395562-956.jpg_m.jpg?1370395567

http://img.claspics.com/w8cp5hb/hhjub61k/1370395886-841.jpg_m.jpg?1370395890

Hmmmm. I wonder how they would look in the bumper apron?

Location is more then just a preference. Visibility is the biggest reason they are placed at the belt line. 39 taillights were an after thought signal light option and GM re-used an existing part. Even in 1939 these taillights rode high on the belt line. I have seen, what I believe were dealer installed 1939 lights lower than the belt line, so it may have been left up to the discretion of the dealer who installed them or it could have been a body shop or owner that placed them low. Today, they are placed wherever the owner wants them and that's ok, the truck itself is the attention getter, not the signal lights. Me, I prefer them at the belt line I want the people behind me looking at that level not at my rear bumper.

Good point, George.

Maybe the next time, when someone goes to all the trouble to print the absolute correct size, they could copy the picture of the template and add all the dimensions and post it. That way someone could just draw a template at home with a straight edge and a compass.

They look better on he belt line where they belong


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