has anyone got picture of the light setup that goes on the left rear door of a 56 (55 54 53) panel in fact has someone got one they might consider parting with?
I only have a small picture to go by from the shop manual,,,,

cheers John

 

Are you talking about the whole license plate light assembly with lens or just the lens that goes in the assembly?
brian...

 

I made a roll pan that houses my license plate and eliminated the original plate holder. I think it is still laying around out in the shop, I've several other parts from the doors I'm not using either because I welded the 2 doors together to make a hatch type door. I'll dig up the parts and take a picture and post it this afternoon.

 

Yes i do mean the whole assembly, i am missing everything except the inside handle and the actual latches, John

 

This is all the parts I have left over from my rear doors of my 56 panel, the rubber bumpers are missing from the door stays as they were given to AXracer. All the door latches worked but one is missing a rod because I happened to need a piece of rod that particular diameter for another project,lol, one latch is not in the picture but should be laying around here somewhere. The license plate bracket is in fairly good shape and would clean up well but the glass lens is cracked and the retainer is fairly rusty but think Midfifty sells those parts. I have no use for these parts.https://midfifty.com/part.php?CAT_ID..._ID=452&page=3 Here is a link to page 3 of panel section at Midfifty

 

7RA13564 .. 1948/56 Panel License Lamp Lens / Obsolete

ED BENNETT FORD PARTS in Lebanon PA has 1 = 717-272-8762.

ANTIQUE AUTO SUPPLY in Arlington TX has 1 = 817=275-2381.

GREEN SALES CO. in Cincinnati OH has 24 = 800-543-4959.

 

HI guys, thanks so much for all that info and pics, 56panelford can i buy all that stuff from please? John

 

56panelford, i sure would like to buy those partd from you, they are about the only partd that i really need.
Some other stuff is missing, such as the window winder units but i will go with power windows anyway. The wiper towers is another, but again i can work around that.

John

 

What did you use for a hinge for the rear hatch? Which struts? Thanks.

 

I used the hinges from a 74 Mercury Bobcat station wagon , the same thing as a pinto. You might be able to use the ones from the hatch back Pinto also but not 100% on that but they should be close I would think. I cut out the whole pan that held the hinges and used it to mount in my panel. There are others on here also that have done this to thier panels. If you are interested I can email you an article from a magazine, same one I've emailed to others. PM me if interested.
John
Welcome to the site too by the way

The gas shocks I used were ( part # B8-275-640-500N ) and bought from LS Technologies Canada LTD in Alberta, phone number is 306 683-5000 ; web site is www.lstechnologies.ca

 

here's mine:

mine is chrome plated. I don't know if all were in 56 or if it's because it's a custom cab?