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garyp

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Getting to the end on my 39 Dodge business coupe frameoff restro and am trying to find new sockets for tail and parking lights 6 volt not having any luck again any help would be appreciated.

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The absolute best sockets you will ever find are Ron Francis special billet aluminum sockets. They come in single and dual filament sockets and use a large nut to tighten down, so there is no crimping and everything holds tight. They will take a 6v bulb of the right size. On my '51 Chevy I saved the original license plate light using one. The baseplate was severely rotten and the socket was part of the baseplate. I cut the socket off and cleaned up the base plate, put a single filiment RF socket in place and it worked and fit perfect. https://www.ronfrancis.com/prodinfo.asp?number=RR-11

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Wow, those are beautiful!  For $26 a pop they better be...

His 6v LED brake light looks great too, but again for $28 it's not cheap, and it says "requires" his $17 dollar resistor in order to work.  Ouch.  But, you get what you pay for I guess!  Good solution if you want to retrofit bright LED lights.  Anybody try the Technostalgia brake light assemblies for the 46-48 Plymouth?  I'm hoping they come out with the same for the Dodges.

http://cool-leds.com/led-taillights-plymouth.htm

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Are cigarette lighters voltage sensitive? I want to use a 6V+ to 12V- converter so I can use the lighter socket to charge cell phones, etc. Can I keep the original lighter and socket?

Pete

 

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12 volt lighter sockets are smaller diameter compared to 6 volt.   The six volt lighter works about four times as fast on 12 volts

 but then who needs a lighter in their car anymore ?

If you need it as a power supply you will have to substitute a 12 volt socket to fit your device.

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