Rebel Machine Tail Light Housing Gender
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Topic: Rebel Machine Tail Light Housing Gender
Posted By: Rebel Machine
Subject: Rebel Machine Tail Light Housing Gender
Date Posted: May/03/2018 at 9:29pm
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A friend of mine is restoring his Machine, it's R/W/B so it's an earlier production car. I have a solid color car built in May of '70. His tail light housings have a male connector integrated into the plug that mounts in the trunk tail pan. Mine has a female connector, a section of wire then the plug that mounts in the trunk tail pan. Was this a running change during the '70 model year production? -Steve- |
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Posted By: 6PakBee
Date Posted: May/14/2018 at 8:41am
Steve, this is the left tailight wiring from the trunk side on my RWB Machine (February build). Is this what you are looking for or did I misunderstand your question? ------------- Roger Gazur 1969 'B' Scheme SC/Rambler 1970 RWB 4-spd Machine 1970 Sonic Silver auto AMX All project cars. Forum Cockroach |
Posted By: madmax
Date Posted: May/14/2018 at 3:46pm
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just went thru this a while back on a couple of machines we did. there are 2 different tail housings and plugs, one with a wire that extends into the trunk and one that does not. i dont have my parts manual handy but it was in there that there are 2 different ones. i dont remember which one was early. m and h had to make us a harness from ours because they only had the pattern for one of them. they did show both in thier catalog just didnt have them then. they should have both harnesses available now. ------------- American Heavy Metal restoration parts and mechanical restoration services 70 amx black 1968 kaplan amx ss/racecar 1969 amx racecar 1970 trans am javelin 1969 amx white/platinum 1972 gremlin |
Posted By: Rebel Machine
Date Posted: May/14/2018 at 4:06pm
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Roger, Is that the tail light wiring? Both sets of tail light wires on my car go through the tail pan in the center close to the trunk latch bracket. Here's what mine looks like. -Steve-  |
Posted By: madmax
Date Posted: May/14/2018 at 4:13pm
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i think roger showed the side marker lamp wiring. ------------- American Heavy Metal restoration parts and mechanical restoration services 70 amx black 1968 kaplan amx ss/racecar 1969 amx racecar 1970 trans am javelin 1969 amx white/platinum 1972 gremlin |
Posted By: 6PakBee
Date Posted: May/14/2018 at 10:13pm
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Steve, I understand now better what is being asked. Here is what my trunk looks like. The wiring in the trunk has the female connector. The two holes have a rubber grommet that the male connector is integrated into, there is no separate wire between the grommet and the connector. Neither grommet was in place and I had to look in the holes to see what the grommet/connector looked like. It sounds like madmax has a good handle on the difference. Just to re-iterate, mine is a February build date. Edit: I've thought about this and I am guessing, guessing that the integrated plug/grommet is the early one. I'll bet that AMC found that people plugging the connector back in were pushing the grommet out of the trunk pan and went to the style with a short length of wire to prevent this. That could be why neither of my grommets were intact. But again, this is just a guess on my part. I can't find the trunk key to my parts car which is a May build otherwise we would have another 'peg point' as AMC called them.  ------------- Roger Gazur 1969 'B' Scheme SC/Rambler 1970 RWB 4-spd Machine 1970 Sonic Silver auto AMX All project cars. Forum Cockroach |
Posted By: scott
Date Posted: May/15/2018 at 5:25pm
| Roger, what we really want to know: Are those Machine exhaust manifolds in the trunk??? |
Posted By: 6PakBee
Date Posted: May/15/2018 at 7:50pm
Uh, yes. I know, I know, they are supposed to be on the other end of the car. Some day..... ------------- Roger Gazur 1969 'B' Scheme SC/Rambler 1970 RWB 4-spd Machine 1970 Sonic Silver auto AMX All project cars. Forum Cockroach |
scott wrote:Posted By: scott
Date Posted: May/16/2018 at 4:46pm
The important thing is that you have them!!
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Posted By: 70RebelGeezer
Date Posted: May/17/2018 at 4:43pm
Roger, I'm still thinking about those little critters.......I think you know what I mean. ------------- '68 Rebel SST Selling Bellcranks '67-69,'70-up big body cars 3rd gen. American with V-8 Bellcrank assemblies Gremlin and Hornet Z-bar now available Z-bar Bronze Bushing Rebel Gas Tank Straps |
Posted By: 6PakBee
Date Posted: May/18/2018 at 8:27am
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I'm fascinated by this kind of minutia. So....here is a picture of parts car #1 with a December 1969 build date.  Here is a picture of parts car #2 with an April 1970 build date.  I believe three things now: 1) The integrated socket/grommet is the earlier version. 2) If Steve's car is a May build the transition was in the April-May time frame. 3) The reason for the change was that the first version would become dislodged. Ron, it's good to see you back! ------------- Roger Gazur 1969 'B' Scheme SC/Rambler 1970 RWB 4-spd Machine 1970 Sonic Silver auto AMX All project cars. Forum Cockroach |