1951 Tail Light

[roadster]

I have not had my 1951 Ford very long and looking at pictures
of other 1951's I see some have tail light lens that look like the 1950 Ford
was there a time in 1951 that the tail light lens was changed
to the one with two points?

 

[Barry B./ Ma.]

No, they all had the 2 points. Some people have removed the apears and put in 49/50 light assys. That looks like the car I saw at Hershey for sale a couple of years ago. Stood out by its color. Nice one, congratulations. Had one like it but mine was jet black.

 

[amodel25]

One of my favorite points on a '51 is the taillights.

 

[Dale Fairfax]

One of MY favorite things about the '51 tailights is that it was quite simple to change them to the '49-'50 style. The detail in the light mounting area didn't change-all you had to do was throw away the chrome wind splitters, fill a couple holes, and mount the earlier, much cleaner lights. .

 

[toby]

There is an accessory chromed side spear that people add on to make the 49/50 appear to be a 51. From the side it looks like a 51.

 

[amodel25]

One of MY favorite things about the '51 tailights is that it was quite simple to change them to the '49-'50 style. The detail in the light mounting area didn't change-all you had to do was throw away the chrome wind splitters, fill a couple holes, and mount the earlier, much cleaner lights. .

Or.....even better, you can take the plain-jane looking taillights off of a '49 or '50 and throw them away. Dig your chrome wind splits out of the trash, drill 4 holes, and put the better looking '51 taillights in place of the '49-'50's.