Taillight trivia

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Related question: were are the backup lights on the '63 - '65 Corvettes? '66 shows it in the inboard lamp and '67 moved to above the license plate.K

The Backup Lights for the 63 to 65 Corvette are in the same position as the 66 only they were an option. Fed mandated all cars beginning with the 1966 model year would have them as standard equipment

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Mr70

Also,early assembled 1970 Chevelles had a flatter reverse lens.
Later it was recalled & the Bubble reverse lens was the norm.
Here is a subtle difference,that most don't pick up on with the 1972 Chevelle on left,1971 on right.

Very subtle...

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

The Backup Lights for the 63 to 65 Corvette are in the same position as the 66 only they were an option. Fed mandated all cars beginning with the 1966 model year would have them as standard equipment

Thank you; good reminder.

My '63 and '65 Pontiacs have back up lamps but as you point out they were optional content.

K

[John Brown]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

The Backup Lights for the 63 to 65 Corvette are in the same position as the 66 only they were an option. Fed mandated all cars beginning with the 1966 model year would have them as standard equipment.

Don't recall ever seeing one of them without b/u lights. It would make them stand out more, or if someone replaced a white lens with a red one would make it look like a subtle customizing job.

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by John Brown

Don't recall ever seeing one of them without b/u lights. It would make them stand out more, or if someone replaced a white lens with a red one would make it look like a subtle customizing job.

Just look at the first 3 Corvettes I posted above: 63, 64 & 65 - no b/u lights

Here are the stats for 63 to 65 Corvettes that were built with b/u lights:

1963: 318 out of 21,513 total

1964: 11,085 out of 22,229 total

1965: 15,397 out of 23,562 total

[John Brown]

So, the b/u light was just placed where a red lens would normally be if you didn't order b/u lights. Shows what I know about mid 60's Corvettes, which is not very much.

['69Novajoe]

Wow, this is great stuff!! Didn't know there were that many!! Now the question is, what is the date on these "duplicate" lenses?? On my 1969 Nova (original picture), it's '68.