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Rick's 70 Chev · 09-28-2006, 10:18 AM

Hi Everyone
First I'd like to say Hello to everyone. I think this is a GREAT site!
My 1970 Chev 1/2 ton has clearance lights, but when I look at pictures of other peoples trucks, I never see them on any. Are other people removing them or are they just that rare?

1969K10 · 09-28-2006, 11:13 AM

No body wants them any more, so you'd better take them off and send them to me

Don't know, but I'm suprised to see them on a 1/2T factory.

**Yukon Jack** · 09-28-2006, 11:51 AM

See them on some trucks. My buddy's 70 C30 that he converted to 4wd has them. Here is his truck.

Boardmember barn9 has them on his 2wd.

**Yukon Jack** · 09-28-2006, 11:51 AM

Oh, welcome!

cypressbog · 10-15-2006, 11:01 PM

Depends if yours are factory "hockey puck" style or a type of after market kind.... or someone changed your cab from a 3/4 or 1 ton cab that had factory lights. A factory running light cab had raised "cups" that the lenzes mounted on.

67Cowboy · 11-01-2006, 05:32 PM

I like'em, and to me it makes it look like a truck. Yes there are factory cabs that have a set of cups that the little round lights fit in. But there is also a Dealer Kit that comes with a stencil that lays the holes out for you. We use to put a lot of them on at the body shop. Way back in the day they were as big a deal as a huge Steel Diamond Plate Rear Bumper and a Headache Rack !!! I'm putting the new after market clear ones with LED bulbs on my C-20 because there just isn't enough " Manly Trucks" these days !!!

1969 GMC · 11-01-2006, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by cypressbog

Depends if yours are factory "hockey puck" style or a type of after market kind.... or someone changed your cab from a 3/4 or 1 ton cab that had factory lights. A factory running light cab had raised "cups" that the lenzes mounted on.

You could get them on a half ton, but you don't see too many optioned like that. Usually the hockey puck style lenses crack and are replaced with the later "torpedo" shaped lenses. My GMC K2500 had them from the factory, but when I got the truck it only had two of the hockey pucks left, and both literally fell apart when I took them off. I replaced them with the lenses off of an '80s C10, so they were even available on newer half tons. IMO, the newer lenses look a lot better than the hockey pucks.

Mudder · 11-02-2006, 04:10 AM

I always liked em and would have them if I didn't have to have a visor.

msgross · 11-06-2006, 08:15 PM

My 68 K-10 came with them, I think they are original. I plan on replacing them with a new repop set from LMC. They kinda grow on ya after awhile...

Russell · 11-08-2006, 01:27 PM

Those ones are actually dealer installed aftermarket peices. My 80 K25 has the exact same clearance lights on it

And yes, I love the look of clearance lights, and wish more trucks had them!

bad_turbo · 11-08-2006, 11:04 PM

These are the ones on my '69 flatbed:

1969 GMC · 11-09-2006, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by bad_turbo

These are the ones on my '69 flatbed:

yup, the center ones are originals. the one on the left of the pic is from a newer truck, but is backwards!

09-28-2006, 10:18 AM	#1
Rick's 70 Chev Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Calgary, Ab., Canada Posts: 7	Clearance lights Hi Everyone First I'd like to say Hello to everyone. I think this is a GREAT site! My 1970 Chev 1/2 ton has clearance lights, but when I look at pictures of other peoples trucks, I never see them on any. Are other people removing them or are they just that rare?

09-28-2006, 11:13 AM	#2
1969K10 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Clarks Hill, Indiana Posts: 733	Re: Clearance lights No body wants them any more, so you'd better take them off and send them to me Don't know, but I'm suprised to see them on a 1/2T factory.

09-28-2006, 11:51 AM	#3
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,686	Re: Clearance lights See them on some trucks. My buddy's 70 C30 that he converted to 4wd has them. Here is his truck. Boardmember barn9 has them on his 2wd. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

09-28-2006, 11:51 AM	#4
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,686	Re: Clearance lights Oh, welcome! __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

10-15-2006, 11:01 PM	#5
cypressbog Go Pack Go! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Green Bay Posts: 2,669	Re: Clearance lights Depends if yours are factory "hockey puck" style or a type of after market kind.... or someone changed your cab from a 3/4 or 1 ton cab that had factory lights. A factory running light cab had raised "cups" that the lenzes mounted on.

11-01-2006, 05:32 PM	#6
67Cowboy "GOD BLESS AMERICA !!!" Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: What use to be a free country Posts: 184	Re: Clearance lights I like'em, and to me it makes it look like a truck. Yes there are factory cabs that have a set of cups that the little round lights fit in. But there is also a Dealer Kit that comes with a stencil that lays the holes out for you. We use to put a lot of them on at the body shop. Way back in the day they were as big a deal as a huge Steel Diamond Plate Rear Bumper and a Headache Rack !!! I'm putting the new after market clear ones with LED bulbs on my C-20 because there just isn't enough " Manly Trucks" these days !!!

11-02-2006, 04:10 AM	#8
Mudder Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: East Central, MO Posts: 11,336	Re: Clearance lights I always liked em and would have them if I didn't have to have a visor.

11-06-2006, 08:15 PM	#9
msgross Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Central PA Posts: 12,201	Re: Clearance lights My 68 K-10 came with them, I think they are original. I plan on replacing them with a new repop set from LMC. They kinda grow on ya after awhile... Attached Images Last edited by msgross; 11-06-2006 at 08:18 PM.

11-08-2006, 01:27 PM	#10
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	Re: Clearance lights Those ones are actually dealer installed aftermarket peices. My 80 K25 has the exact same clearance lights on it And yes, I love the look of clearance lights, and wish more trucks had them! __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap) Last edited by Russell; 11-08-2006 at 01:28 PM.

11-08-2006, 11:04 PM	#11
bad_turbo turbo enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: carmichael, ca. Posts: 1,826	Re: Clearance lights These are the ones on my '69 flatbed: Attached Images __________________ "But daddy, I didn't hit them all with a stick"...what my 6 year old tells me when I pick him up from school early for fighting "



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