Guest mikeburch Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) I have this mystery Tail-Light, which has a "P" on the inside, that is the only mark.It was all chrome plated, including the license plate bracket, so it must be off of a nice car.The backing plate is included, too.The tail-light bucket is toast, but I know that worse have been restored.Has anyone seen that logo ? It could only be the tail-light maker's logo.Thank you,mikeburch Edited July 8, 2014 by mikeburch (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1912Staver Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 The" P "is probably the casting plant's mark. The light itself would often be supplied by a lighting manufacturer. The mounting {the part with the "p"} would usually be drawn up by the vehicle manufacturer and sub contracted to a casting company who would generally produce the tooling and ultimately the finished part. The plating might be done by the casting co., the Vehicle manufacturer, or an outside plating contractor The light might be exclusive to a certain make, model, and year or it may have been sold to other customers as well and appear on different vehicles all together. The mounting will be specific to the vehicle it was designed for as it must couple a specific light with a specific fender. Unless a person does very in depth research most casting and forging marks don't help with a part I.D.Greg in Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikeburch Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Greg .........................Thank you for your reply. I was thinking the same thing, as I do not know of a car with that logo.I'm hoping that someone will recognize the bracket, or be familiar with the part number.Thank you,mikeburch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikeburch Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Does ANYBODY in The AACA have any idea about this one ?Thanks,mikeburch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikeburch Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 So, nobody recognizes the chrome license plate bracket ?How many cars had that ?Thank you,mikeburch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SirShiftsalot Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Looks like it's about From the Thirties or Late Forties. Some cars had these into the Fifties, so it's quite a broad spectrum we're looking at here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikeburch Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 SirShiftsalot ....................Ain't that the truth !Thank you for your input !mikeburch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Given the style, I would narrow the search down to around 1932-1937. More than likely, the earlier 30s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drwatson Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 What part has the stamped part # ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikeburch Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 drwatson ......................The part number and the "P" are in the tail-light stand. It is a casting.Thank you,mikeburch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drwatson Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 (edited) One possiblity is 1934 Hudson 8.1. Pictured is an expired ebay image advertised as a 34 Hudson Terraplane tail light base, although it lacks the notch for a Lic. plate mount.2. The Chilton parts book does not have a separate listing for tail light base but lists"rear Light" as p/n#108087 Edited September 23, 2014 by drwatson (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 The 1934 Hudsons I see have a different stanchion.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drwatson Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 The 1934 Hudsons I see have a different stanchion....Ah yes the 8's had that type! But how about the Terraplane 6's? I could only find this 35 Terraplane teaser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Commodore Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 It looks like it could be a 1934 Terraplane in this view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Yep....looks correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikeburch Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 (edited) keiser31, drwatson and Commodore .........................I believe that you guys figured it out. 1934 Terraplane it is !The one that drwatson pictured, must be for the passenger side.You can, also, see the chrome plated license plate bracket in the photos.I offered this for sale, in the Hudson Section for $45.00. I would like for this to get, "on the road again".Do you know of anyone, who needs this ?Thank you,mikeburch Edited September 24, 2014 by mikeburch (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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