Next up is brake lamps. The rear brake lamps on this are dim, actually I think all 3rd gens are dim because, 1.) there is only one bulb and 2.) the bulb is directly blocked by the reversing lamp housings. My concerns was people not seeing it in bright sunlight.

The camera is adjusting but it's actually pretty darn bright outside and these are the brake/turn lamps with the LED's. It may not seem that bright, but they are. This is exactly what it needed.

I bought these off of Fleece-Bay awhile back and they are very bright and very Star Trek Deep Space Nine looking, which is probably why I like them so much. Those are all little LED's around it with a big LED under the forward lens. Bloody thing is very bright. I had to adjust the photo otherwise it was just a saturated blob. Also because the LED is red the tail lamps are really a cool looking red now. They were more pinkish with a brand new 1157 compared to these.

Just some more tiddly bits.

Weirdly the golden XL didn't come with a parking brake warning lamp option, my parts car '68 XL and the parts car '68 LTD both had it. So I nicked this out of the '68 LTD before I scrapped the car. The '68 parking brake warning lamp is a little different styling than the '65/'66 ones. I mean either are interchangeable realistically.

The lamp housing on this one cleaned up surprisingly well.

There's the correct flasher bulb.

It has a nice appearance.

There's already a pilot hole drilled from the factory in the parking brake lever assembly for the switch contact. Now I did measure out on my parts XL exactly on the lower dash tier where to drill the hole for the lamp.

Here's a video Parking Brake Warning Lamp

I know it's a simple item, but I like old cars with many esoteric options like this. I feel it gives them character.