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Offline dsags

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THANKS LOREN
« on: August 07, 2016, 08:45:44 PM »
Visited Loren Alexander this past week. While there he wired up a set of tail lights for the yellow GS.
Very unexpected and much appreciated.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=em-upload_owner&v=jcSVxEgv194

If you ask he might build set for you. Not sure how many $$$ but they sure work nice.

Dan
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Re: THANKS LOREN
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2016, 09:03:07 PM »
Very cool, looks great!
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Re: THANKS LOREN
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2016, 09:09:55 PM »
I must say, those do look good!!

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Re: THANKS LOREN
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2016, 09:26:46 PM »
Sign me up, those are cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Oooh! KEWL! (Re: THANKS LOREN)
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2016, 09:35:23 PM »
Dear Dan, Jim, Glenn and mid-60s fans of kewl!!   :glasses9:

Quote from: dsags on August 07, 2016, 08:45:44 PM
Visited Loren Alexander this past week. While there he wired up a set of tail lights for the yellow GS.
Very unexpected and much appreciated.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=em-upload_owner&v=jcSVxEgv194

If you ask he might build set for you. Not sure how many $$$ but they sure work nice.

Oooh!!  I like it!! :glasses9:

Just one problem I need to solve before asking Loren though . . . . .



Alas, I don't think I'm going to be solving that problem any time soon . . . . .  :icon_scratch:

Seriously thanks Loren for creating something really neat for us 1965 Buick fans!  :thumbsup:

Cheers, Edouard  :occasion14:
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Re: THANKS LOREN
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2016, 08:19:59 AM »
You are welcome Dan!

It definitely looks cool, especially in the car. And these work so much better then the first attempt.

 Loren
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Re: THANKS LOREN
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2016, 08:23:03 AM »
Quote from: sjfd04 on August 07, 2016, 09:26:46 PM
Sign me up, those are cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll have to figure out exactly what it costs to build.

 Loren
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Re: THANKS LOREN
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2016, 03:06:30 PM »
How about just a parts list.
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Re: THANKS LOREN
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2016, 03:57:27 PM »
Very nice!  :thumbsup:  I must say that car still looks, and sounds great. Of course I'm just a little prejudiced.  :icon_biggrin:
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Re: THANKS LOREN
« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2016, 09:57:11 PM »
Dan, that is really cool.
Takes me back to my yout when I was fascinated by the T-birds & Cougars with taillights that did that.

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Re: THANKS LOREN
« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2016, 09:59:35 PM »
Yeah Mark, and the Shelby's! I liked them too.
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Re: THANKS LOREN
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2016, 08:06:08 AM »
When I drug my car out of a field back in 1998, it had a homemade taillight sequencer mounted in the truck.  Looked to have been made back when the car was only a few years old.  It was done with some Ford starter relays, a huge rheostat (I assume for adjusting the speed), and some capacitors and resistors.  It was all so rusty and the wires such a mess (they used all the same color wire in the whole setup) that I trashed it all and found another factory taillight harness out of a skylark in the local junkyard.  Wish I had saved it now since.  Would be cool to have another one like it since it was all 1965 technology. 
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Re: THANKS LOREN
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2016, 08:19:23 AM »
Quote from: Loren At 65GS on August 08, 2016, 08:23:03 AM
Quote from: sjfd04 on August 07, 2016, 09:26:46 PM
Sign me up, those are cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll have to figure out exactly what it costs to build.

 Loren

I finally took the time to add up what it cost to fabricate the set up.
 
If there is interest, I can sell them for $300 plus shipping.
There will be a $60 core charge also. Core charge is refunded upon receipt of a good core.

Price does not include LED bulbs or the LED turn signal flasher that needs to be changed out.

We used some inexpensive LED bulbs in the first go around. Found them to have very inconsistent quality.
So I recommend the Sylvania LED bulbs be used. Those are what is in the video.

  Loren
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Re: THANKS LOREN
« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2016, 08:57:37 AM »
I'm in, you want me to send money via Pay Pal?
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Re: THANKS LOREN
« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2016, 09:31:01 AM »
Loren,
  Does your system require switching to LED taillight bulbs, or will it also work with 1157 bulbs like the cars came with?
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