Any pics of trucks with spotlights?????

[markeb01]

This is the only spotlight equipped interior photo I have of what I believe to be a 1966. Sorry no close up detail photos. From what I have seen in real life, when using the correct exterior bracket the hole entering the cab for the spotlight shaft is centered in the joint between the dash and the side panel.



The only way to know if the Corvair bracket will work on a 64 truck is to do some eyeball engineering. Decades before the internet I installed spotlights on various cars and never knew factory specified brackets or templates existed. All my spotlights came from wrecking yards, so I just picked lamps or brackets that looked like they would work in my application. I came up with an assortment of brackets and lined them up on the windshield post where I thought they would fit and studied the alignment long and hard before I drilled. And until the installation on my 1960, I had never seen a custom inside bracket. Previously I always used the universal angled rubber bushing and ring clamp to complete the interior installation.

Once you’ve determined the angles will work, the next most important factor is the length of the spotlight shaft. If you’re using factory brackets the length is already established and specified, but if you’re doing a custom install this becomes critical. If the length of the shaft is too long, the handle may interfere with the steering wheel. And conversely if the shaft is too short, the handle may collide with the side panel and limit full travel.

Quite a few of the spotlights shown in the photos above don’t use the “correct” brackets, but they seem to fit and work. One benefit you have is the correct 187 bracket for a 64 Chevy truck is still available new from Unity.

http://shop.unityusa.com/search.asp?keyword=187

The 60-63 guys aren’t so lucky as the brackets we need are long out of production.