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Old 10-08-2013, 11:05 PM   #1
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Chicken Lights

Any pics of cab mounted clearance lights on a 67-72
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Old 10-08-2013, 11:35 PM   #2
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Re: Chicken Lights

Here you go ...

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Old 10-08-2013, 11:39 PM   #3
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Re: Chicken Lights

thanks, exactly what I was looking for
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Old 10-09-2013, 01:35 PM   #4
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Re: Chicken Lights

Why are they called Chicken Lights?
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Old 10-09-2013, 01:41 PM   #5
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Re: Chicken Lights

It is what I have always called them. There are two theories to the name. One is to see how close you can get your truck to overhead objects without hitting them. The other is that they are like the lights used on vehicles that haul chickens.
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Old 10-10-2013, 11:32 PM   #6
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Re: Chicken Lights

Mine has them, they will always be there. I need new firemen's hats but I got my old ones superglued together until I have enough money for new ones!
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Old 10-11-2013, 12:33 AM   #7
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Re: Chicken Lights

If I had a C30 truck, I'd want cab lights. I might also want them on a C/K20, panel, and suburban of that size.
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Re: Chicken Lights

Our 1/2 ton has them from factory.
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Old 01-27-2014, 02:50 PM   #9
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Re: Chicken Lights

My 68 2500 has them but they must have been put on by a P.O or by a strange dealer.. My cab lights are evenly spaced on the roof rather than having 3 lights in the center and 2 on the outside.. I really, really want to correct this.. I love the lights on my 3/4 ton but the spacing is just wrong, Has anyone ever seen this before?? (Hit the link for a pic of my truck)

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Re: Chicken Lights

SCOTTCODA

They don't quite look right do they?
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They don't quite look right do they?
No.. No, They dont
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Re: Chicken Lights

Here is a my 68 K10, I think it came from factory with them
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Here is a my 68 K10, I think it came from factory with them
Dang that's a pretty truck!
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Re: Chicken Lights

C30s have special raised pads stamped into the roofs that the clearance lights sit on. I am wondering if 10s and 20s also got this roof, or if the lights were just stuck on the stock uncontoured roof.
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Re: Chicken Lights

The firehats on my '71 C/30 factory roof humps.







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Old 01-27-2014, 11:13 PM   #16
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Re: Chicken Lights

My 68 K10 does not have any humps on the roof under the lights.
However, I was told that it came with them from the factory
Either way... I like em!
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Old 01-27-2014, 11:14 PM   #17
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Re: Chicken Lights

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C30s have special raised pads stamped into the roofs that the clearance lights sit on. I am wondering if 10s and 20s also got this roof, or if the lights were just stuck on the stock uncontoured roof.
Yes, you could get them on 1/2 and 3/4 ton. Its an option.
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Old 01-27-2014, 11:20 PM   #18
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Re: Chicken Lights

Wifes 70.
I have a 70 and a 71, both 1/2 ton, both 4x4 with the raised pads and roof lights factory.
And have never heard them called "chicken lights"
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Re: Chicken Lights

Early trucks and suburbans as well as later dealer/owner installed lights were on the stock flat roof. The later pickup trucks and chassis cabs used the raised pad roof for factory installed roof marker lamps. Early on it was common to see creative spacing or numbers on owner installed lamps. Some were even seen with the early "Big Truck" style of two lamps. I've also seen a number of trucks with just three in the center(ish)up to ten! Heard them called a lot of things, especially leakers, but never "chicken lights".
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