pete324rocket

Currently on ebay with all the other oldsmobile hood planes(there are a lot), this one has a light. My first guess is that someone made it that way but there seems to be a lot of work involved. Anyone?

rocketraider

Pete, I'm pretty sure someone made that one. To my knowledge Pontiac was the only one to offer a lighted hood ornament and those lamps are way too modern to have been 1956 issue.

I've seen a 57 Olds that had lights installed in the fender rockets and that was a neat trick. Especially impressive at night.

55/98

Some body was lighten the rocket. kinda neat.

MDchanic

Definitely a later modification.

Cool.

- Eric

Russ P in MD

Yep, that was the thing to do back in the day - lights up under the fenders skirts shining down on spinner caps. clearance lights, and stuff like this. A precurser to what the younger generation does today with the LEDs and neon etc.

oldcutlass

Those are vintage arcraft instument lights. I love the old hood ornaments.

Olds Dad

That's awesome..I've ALWAYS wanted to do that on my '55 ornament.

I envisioned using the fiber optic tubing like on the 80's Toros or LED's.

Wonder where I'd get single bulb LEDs?..

MDchanic

Mouser.com
DigiKey.com
Newark.com
SuperbrightLEDs.com

- Eric

Olds Dad

My wife would call you an enabler...I say thank you!

MDchanic

You're welcome.

By the way, Mouser charges actual shipping and has no minimum.

Yellowstatue

Wonder where I'd get single bulb LEDs?..[/QUOTE] I bought mine at Wally World...Oldskeeper machined my fender rockets for the lights Thanks Steve.

Olds Dad

I have one one the way...I need this side project like a hole in the head