What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Not much done today . After taking care of mom since last Friday -who is much better ,I now have symptoms and tested positive for Covid so I just put the tailight brackets and taillights on . I noticed the lenses on the backup lights aren’t the same one says 71 other 68 totally different design . Oh well .

I’m also wondering how to keep the area the star washers are from rusting. For now I sprayed them with fluid film.

Yeah. Stepside Back-Up Light Lenses. Don't get me started. It turns out the Aftermarket only sells the '60-'66 style of Back Up lenses. They have parallel lines. Usually lateral.
The original '68 lenses were concentric rings [Fresnel Lens]. The Parallel line types look funny when mounted on the back of the later trucks, because they don't line up right. With the concentric ring lenses, it didn't matter. Being circular, what ever angle they set them on was good.
I have an OEM MY '68 original -- it's 54 y.o. and all cracked, but I'll shoot a pic tomorrow.
The '66 ones work OK -- at least keeping the elements out of your backup lights, but the ''Throw'' or ''Cast'' of the light is all wrong. The Fresnel amplified the way the light was projected.
PJ Moreland and I had a long discussion on this topic.