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Posted By Discussion Topic: Integrating turn signals into my stock 40 ford -- page: 1 2     classiclover 08-25-2021 @ 4:19 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 73 Joined: Aug 2021 Greetings I am new to the forum and new to my 40 coupe. It is completely stock. What is the opinion of you knowledgeable folks on getting turn indicators on the car or not necessary. Thanks much Classic Lover carcrazy 08-25-2021 @ 5:15 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1651 Joined: Oct 2009 Putting turn signals on a 1940 Ford is a great idea. When you do it, be sure to get the system that also includes the hazard flasher feature. With some effort, you can incorporate the turn signals into the existing parking lights in front and tail/brake lights on the rear of the car to maintain a stock appearance while adding this safety feature. trjford8 08-25-2021 @ 5:15 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 4214 Joined: Oct 2009 I feel that turn signals are necessary on our old cars. Very few people understand hand signals these days and if it is raining you don't have to roll down the window and get wet to make the signal. With a '40(as I own one) I also suggest that you find the brightest 6 volt bulbs you can find for the tail lights and also paint the inside of the housing white. pech33 08-25-2021 @ 5:20 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 84 Joined: Mar 2011 Paint the housing white? Is that the consensus of 40 Ford owners? Mine are a semi-dull/sorta-shiney silver. Is white the way to go? Pat’s 40 Ragtop trjford8 08-26-2021 @ 8:59 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 4214 Joined: Oct 2009 From experience I have found the white paint to be much more reflective than any other color. Another good suggestion is to use the reflector from a flash light that will fit over the light socket. This message was edited by trjford8 on 8-26-21 @ 9:01 AM JayChicago 08-26-2021 @ 7:50 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 480 Joined: Jan 2016 Flashlight reflector won’t fit in a ‘40’s pear-shaped housing. Socket is down in the narrow part of the pear. TomO 08-27-2021 @ 8:56 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 7250 Joined: Oct 2009 Classic Lover, I agree that turn signals are a necessity in this day and age. Bob Drake makes a kit that allows you to have parking lights and turn signals for the front lights. He supplies it with 12V bulbs. I like the Signal Stat type relay flasher as you can remove the cover and adjust the flash rate. https://www.ebay.com/itm/234034447410?hash=item367d8a4432:g:l5IAAOSwIiVgtbY3 Jay, you have to modify the reflector to fit. No matter how much you have to grind off of the reflector, it will still provide better lighting than any other method that I tried. I had one taillight housing painted with a high gloss aluminum paint and the other with a bright white enamel. I used a light meter to check the difference and saw a slight improvement in both sides with the white being slightly brighter than the aluminum. I modified the flash light reflector and it gave about a 3x improvement. I now have bright LED bulbs in my tail lights and they are more than 6x brighter than the original setup. Tom Tmusk 12-08-2021 @ 7:01 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 9 Joined: Nov 2021 All I have a '47 Super Deluxe but it sounds similar to what you're discussing. I just bought the car and am new to antique cars. I've spent all my time on 1960- 80 British. Can anyone explain further how this integration works or provide a schematic or kit reference or step-by-step procedure for this? For the front parking lights, does one have to replace the parking light fixture with a dual element socket? For the rear, is socket replacement required also? I have a 6V positive ground system. The switches I see from Eckler indicate they're for 12V negative ground. Does the switch care if it's used on my system? Possibly some foolish questions in here but I haven't "got it" yet. Thanks 1931 Flamingo 12-09-2021 @ 5:28 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 386 Joined: Nov 2019 It should work, just change the bulb, if there is one. Paul in CT TomO 12-09-2021 @ 8:14 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 7250 Joined: Oct 2009 If the front parking lights do not have a dual element socket, you will have to replace them. The tail lights already have a dual element bulb and the current stop light is usually used for the turn signal and stop light. The switches do not care if they are installed on 6 or 12 volts. You will need to get a 6 volt flasher relay and a 6 volt bulb to replace the 12 volt bulb in the switch. Tyree Harris may have a wiring harness for the turn signals. They were an option on the 1947 Ford. If he has one, it will make the installation easier. Tyreeswires@gmail.com The installation basics are: mount the switch, reroute the brake light signal through the tuurn signal switch, route new wires to the brake lights and parking lights from the turn signal switch and supply power to the turnsignal switch.. There are several schematics of wiring turn signals on the internet, just Google for them. You will also get a wiring diagram with the switch. Tom

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