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1969 mustang tail light help

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HElllPPP MEEEE

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Hey i have been restoring my 1969 mustang for some time now and i've got to where i'm ready to put the tail lights on but one simple problem(i hope) everything i have looked at shows the tailights as being the three vertical bars but it also show something in between the lights that is the same color as the paint. What is this peice ??? I don't seem to have it and it doesn't look like their is and broken peices around the tail light entry points i could use some help thanks alot if u don't care email me at redneck7040@hotmail.com because i will rarely check this site thanks agian
 

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Pictures would help, but the way your describe it, it sounds like someone cut the sheet metal out.
 

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Yep, there's meant to be 3 holes.
 
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It does sound like some butchery took place on your '69. The 69's tail light panel has 3 'holes per taillight stamped out in the panel. The lamp assembly installs from the trunk. I have seen '70 tail light panels used in place of the '69 panel. (they are flat and have large rectangular openings for the lamps.) Check out a mustang vendor's catalog and look up the tail lamp panels... there will more than likely be pictures.
 

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check your VIN, you may have a 70 with a 69 nose. The first digit should be 9 for a 69 and 0 for a 70
 

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Is the tail light panel flat or curved? Flat is '70, curved is '69. I'm guessing the same as Worth.
 

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Yeah that was my thought too, switching noses is easier than switching tail panels, that's for sure and you woukd thing that if the 3 holes were cut into one large one that there would be some visable sign. Does you car have side scoops? That is another way to figure out what year you might actually have. Also the ignition, is it on the column or the dash? In either case sounds like you will need to change your lights or panel regardless of which year it is. I would personally take avantage of this as an excuse to cut out even more and put the Shelby/T-bird assembly in there instead.
 
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anytime i need a pic of a part to figure out how its supposed to look, i go to e-bay. you could always try that too.

anyway here is a pic of how its supposed to look.if it doesnt look like this, its been modified.


ps, if you have vin probs, where is the location of your ignition, where the key goes? 69 was in the dash, 70 in the colum
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In this case probably also worth noting that this pic is of the backside which you probably can't see. So actually what you are looking at would be concave not convex.

where is the location of your ignition, where the key goes? 69 was in the dash, 70 in the colum
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It sounds better when you say it.
 

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You would think the photographer would crop out his shoes.....
 

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But then his torso would appear to be magically floating.
 

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HElllPPP MEEEE said:
... i could use some help thanks alot if u don't care email me at redneck7040@hotmail.com because i will rarely check this site thanks agian
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Well, it sounds like he could stand to visit here a bit more often... anyone else kinda annoyed by this attitude???
 

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Ummm yeah, doesn't want to contribute but wants free advice. Although it says if you don't care then email, and we don't care, so maybe we should?
 

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I think its a one of one '69 1/2 Mustang and should be sold on Ebay with a starting bid of one meeelion dollars.
 
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