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Mounting Headlights With Turn Signals

If you plan on driving your hot rod on the street there is a real good chance that you will need (and require) lighting comprised of headlights and taillights. Our ’28 Ford extended closed-cab pickup had its taillights installed (Nov. ’21 issue), so now it’s onto headlights.

To keep the early hot rod appearance of our pickup we opted for the Speedway Motors (SM) Guide 682-C 12V H4 Headlights with Turn Signals (PN 91101020). Since our truck’s sheetmetal will retain its primer appearance along with its black powdercoated frame, the addition of the black headlights and taillights finishes off the look. To continue the lowkey early look, we added

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