Re: [FWDLK] taillight lens question

[Terry & Andree Hoeman <tehoema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The chrome cap on top of the lens assy was shorter in the early versions but
the lens was still the same.

Interestingly the chrome cap had a notch on the bottom for the wagons to go
over the seam seal piece on the fender.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Sealey" <mopar2ya@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] taillight lens question


> --- David Charles Gedraitis <dcg@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I've senn the taillight lens on a normal '55
> > chrysler (not the imperials), and they look very
> > much like the same ones on the wagon ('55 windsor)
> > we have. Does anyone know if they are
> > interchangeable? The gentleman who has them at his
> > junkyard claims they won't fit, but I disagree.
> > I'd very much like to know what will and what
> > won't fit this car...
>
> As on all '55 Chrysler questions, I'll defer to Terry
> Hoeman on this one, but I seem to remember the wagon
> units being a little bit shorter. (Then there's the
> '56 wagon, which has a taillight and addon fin shared
> with no other '56 Chrysler, but which appears
> identical to the unit used on the '56 DeSoto wagon...)
>
> It wasn't unusual for Chrysler products to use a
> different taillight setup on the wagons than on the
> other cars. In the case of my '57 Plymouth, the
> difference is obvious, but not so much so on some of
> the others.
>
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