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clif1968 · 04-18-2006, 11:14 PM

This might be a weird question but here goes, my '68 has the factory side marker lights but no wiring for them. my Gramps bought the truck new and he said thats the way it was from the factory. The backs of the lenses have holes for the light bulbs to fit into. I checked all of the wiring and there is no sign of anything being cut. Should it be this way?

pebbleboy · 04-18-2006, 11:26 PM

Yes the 68 just had the lenses 69's were the first one with the wiring harness and real lights

clif1968 · 04-18-2006, 11:32 PM

Thanks, I had no clue what was up. Thought somebody had changed out the lighting harness

qksilver · 04-19-2006, 02:10 AM

just reflectors

Longhorn Man · 04-19-2006, 04:41 AM

in both 68 and 69, lights were optional, onless you cot a cab/chassis with DRW, then you were forced to pay for the option by the feds.

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 04-19-2006, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

in both 68 and 69, lights were optional, onless you cot a cab/chassis with DRW, then you were forced to pay for the option by the feds.

Andy: What's DRW? Deluxe Rear Window? How would that affect the side marker reflectors?
One time a cop tried to write me up for burnt-out side marker lights. He said his brother -in-law had a '72 just like mine, and _his sidelights worked. I talked him out of the equipment violation, but I still got the speeding ticket.

GM72K10 · 04-19-2006, 06:05 AM

DRW, Dual Rear Wheels

68C15 · 04-19-2006, 07:24 AM

mine is the same way, kind of. it has the reflectors with the deeper area for the light bulbs, just no holes.
Orange, you should have told the cop to check with Andy.

Andy, when are you going to write a book on this stuff?

Hook'em · 04-19-2006, 10:28 AM

My '69 has side marker without lights, too. I bought four lights from another board member and plan to install them. My thought was to wire the rear markers as just running lights and wire the front into turn signals. Anyone else do this or see a problem with doing this?

sleepyboy · 04-19-2006, 12:32 PM

that is how I did mine; 69 originally without bulbs

Longhorn Man · 04-19-2006, 02:42 PM

The berst way to wire the front ones is one wire to the parking light wire, and the other wire to the turn signal wire.
Doing it that way will let it blink when the signal is on (in oposition to the front turn signal) and then burn steady when the parking lights are on with out the turn signal.

DRW.. .Dual rear wheel... when a cab and chassis was ordered with DRW, it had to pass certian DOT laws that a SRW did not need to meet.

04-18-2006, 11:14 PM	#1
clif1968 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Eufaula, OK Posts: 103	'68 side marker lights missing wiring? This might be a weird question but here goes, my '68 has the factory side marker lights but no wiring for them. my Gramps bought the truck new and he said thats the way it was from the factory. The backs of the lenses have holes for the light bulbs to fit into. I checked all of the wiring and there is no sign of anything being cut. Should it be this way? Last edited by clif1968; 04-18-2006 at 11:23 PM.

04-18-2006, 11:32 PM	#3
clif1968 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Eufaula, OK Posts: 103	Re: '68 side marker lights Thanks, I had no clue what was up. Thought somebody had changed out the lighting harness

04-19-2006, 02:10 AM	#4
qksilver Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern Pines NC Posts: 3,853	Re: '68 side marker lights just reflectors

04-19-2006, 04:41 AM	#5
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: '68 side marker lights in both 68 and 69, lights were optional, onless you cot a cab/chassis with DRW, then you were forced to pay for the option by the feds.

04-19-2006, 06:05 AM	#7
GM72K10 Next! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Eastern Pa. Posts: 2,479	Re: '68 side marker lights DRW, Dual Rear Wheels __________________ 86 K30 CUCV M1028A1 86 K30 CUCV M1028a2 dually 86 K30 C&C 6.2 4:56s, 4M, 11,000 gvw, ex fire truck, now lowboy dump More square bodies and CUCVs than I care to admit to 2020 Silverado K3500HD Work truck

04-19-2006, 07:24 AM	#8
68C15 blood type; Retumbo Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: next to my reloading bench Posts: 10,269	Re: '68 side marker lights mine is the same way, kind of. it has the reflectors with the deeper area for the light bulbs, just no holes. Orange, you should have told the cop to check with Andy. Andy, when are you going to write a book on this stuff?

04-19-2006, 10:28 AM	#9
Hook'em Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Round Rock, Texas Posts: 858	Re: '68 side marker lights My '69 has side marker without lights, too. I bought four lights from another board member and plan to install them. My thought was to wire the rear markers as just running lights and wire the front into turn signals. Anyone else do this or see a problem with doing this? __________________ Hook'em

04-19-2006, 12:32 PM	#10
sleepyboy '69 Step Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Marion, Texas Posts: 722	Re: '68 side marker lights that is how I did mine; 69 originally without bulbs

04-19-2006, 02:42 PM	#11
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: '68 side marker lights The berst way to wire the front ones is one wire to the parking light wire, and the other wire to the turn signal wire. Doing it that way will let it blink when the signal is on (in oposition to the front turn signal) and then burn steady when the parking lights are on with out the turn signal. DRW.. .Dual rear wheel... when a cab and chassis was ordered with DRW, it had to pass certian DOT laws that a SRW did not need to meet.

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