1956 instrument panel bulb installation

[Oivind Ronning]

Goodmorning from Norway. I have just finished renovating the dashboard on my 1956 Tbird. Almost finished with the job and I am about to put all the bulb sockets where they belong. However there is some doubt about the correct location of the different kinds of sockets. Some are obvious, some are a mystery. I have checked with all available sorces as youtube and ChatGPT, but I have got no sensible answers. The bulb sockets I would like advice on is the long type with blue color coding on the wire. Hope some of you can give me the clue

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[doug7740]

Attached is an article from the January/February 1996 issue of the Earlybird magazine, along with the instrument panel wiring and bulb locations.

hope this helps.

doug7740
1955 Thunderbird Blue

 

[Oivind Ronning]

Can you clarify where the long bulb sockets go? Suspect that they go into clock and tachometer. Would like to know before I again tries the aerobatic manuver with my long body(6.2), my head and one arm below the dasboard and my feet up on the back of the car😂

 

[biddle]

I updated your title "1956 Tbird, where to put the different bulb sockets on the instrument panel"

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