Hood Mounted Turn Indicators
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Hood Mounted Turn Indicators
My '83 F350 in-dash turn indicators have always been dim and hard to see in bright sunlight. Today I installed a pair of hood mounted turn indicators I took off an old (early seventies) Chrysler product car. Boy, what a difference! Impossible to ignore when flashing. Easy to install; one 5/8" diameter (for bulb socket) and one 3/32" hole (for mounting/grounding screw) per indicator unit and one long wire each to tie into each original turn signal circuit. No more cluelessly driving down the road with the turn signal flashing. Try it, you'll like it!
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I had a 67 mustang with the hood mounted turn indicators, I really liked them. I would be interested to see some pics of the setup on your truck. I have a thing for extra lights, I have added at least 20 extra lights on my truck, with more to come. 
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Had the hood (actually fender) mounted turn signal indicators on a couple of pentagram marked vehicles I owned and really liked them. Some years back I found a set in a salvage yard and "liberated" them with the thought in mind of mounting them on Clyde. Never got around to it and actually forgot I had them. Will have to look around a bit.
I agree, those dash mounted ones can be hard to see if you're not looking right at them ... not so with the hood/fender mounted ones.
Roger
I agree, those dash mounted ones can be hard to see if you're not looking right at them ... not so with the hood/fender mounted ones.
Roger
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Originally Posted by srercrcr
da Vinci would have scoffed at such an idea.......all function, no aesthetics.
Remember, beauty is in the eye of the beholder ...
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Just posted some photos in my gallery "My Old Truck" album that shows the installation of the hood mounted turn indicators.
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Cadillac had them in the '60s. Yeah, I'd like a set on my F250. With my hand on the steering wheel in the 11 o'clock position, I can't see the indicators. My one gripe about the '05 = instrument panel is hard to read thru steering wheel. Ergonomics are not quite right. JMHO!
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Yes, I tapped in to the front turn signal wires. Left = Light Green/White stripe, Right = White/Blue stripe. Plymouths, Dodges, Chryslers and I don't know how many others had them in sixties and seventies. I've seen several in local u-pull-em junkyards, most notably the one that has a contract with the county to pick up abandoned vehicles.
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Great lookin' old truck Piffery! Brings back memories. Back when I had a real job I had a '79 just like it as part of the small fleet I managed. Same setup almost exactly. Had four different sets of sides for it. In addition to being a great utility vehicle it could work! For five or six years I hauled grain to the elevator with it pulling a shorty tri-axle gooseneck trailer with a 300 bushel low profile gravity box chained down on the deck. Averaged 52 loads a year with an average rolling gross weight of 29,700 pounds. Damn! It sure was fun!!
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ClydeSDale,
Thanks for the kind comments. It'll look a lot better when I get a new windshield and new paint. I originally bought it to use in fixing up properties for resale but two hip replacements and a heart attack has pretty much changed those plans. I did use it a lot for hauling off hurricane debris. I'm the third owner and almost nothing worked when I bought it but now the only thing that doesn't work is the tape deck. Anyway, I enjoy using it (and working on it).
Thanks for the kind comments. It'll look a lot better when I get a new windshield and new paint. I originally bought it to use in fixing up properties for resale but two hip replacements and a heart attack has pretty much changed those plans. I did use it a lot for hauling off hurricane debris. I'm the third owner and almost nothing worked when I bought it but now the only thing that doesn't work is the tape deck. Anyway, I enjoy using it (and working on it).
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