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1966 Catalina Convertible courtesy light bulb


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I am still working on the interior of the Catalina and I have 2 bulbs I do not know the number of.

1 is the courtesy light on the side panel as you get into the back seat. It has a double contact point on the bottom. One bulb has a number TS 68. The other bulb number is worn off.

The 2nd bulb goes under the front d1161195388_2courtesylightbulbs.thumb.jpg.6afd8b21ae472045e1f5057216b13e6a.jpgash and is also a courtesy light.

I do want to switch these to LED, but the front dash bulb may not have an LED conversion bulb? The rest of the interior has now been converted to LED and looks great. Now we wait to see how long they will last.

Thanks for any help you can be!

God bless!

Ted Feight

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We have a chain of electronics stores here in Australia called Jaycar (a bit like the old Radio Shack.) In addition to all manner of electronics, they have a huge range of just about every LED bulb you can think of. You must have a similar set up over there.

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Ted - does your car have an original owners manual. My '72 manual lists all the bulbs in the car and their general use/location in the service / maintenace section. That might help if you have one and it details that information. It's a shot in the dark, I'll admit. The two round bulbs look like either 164s or 194s. I will have to stare at the third one some more before I am sure. It looks like a smaller version of a dome light bulb.

Fitzy - Radio Shack went bankrupt sometime ago. Pity. They were good for this sort of thing.

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Thank you Frizty and Frosty,

I do have the owners manual and shop manual. They told me the round bulbs were 90 and I finally found some originals and have ordered the LED version.

I never did figure out the original of the other, but an Advanced Auto gentleman started opening up cone versions until we found what worked. It turned out to be a DE3175 LED Sylvania. He was very helpful.

In a couple of YouTube videos I did see the under the dash light is in all Catalina's in 1966. Not just the convertibles. 

Now it is time to start taping and painting the dash. Then I can put in the sound proofing, new carpet and everthing else. A snap right?

Thank you guys!

Ted Feight

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On 4/1/2022 at 2:14 PM, Ted Feight said:

Thank you Frizty and Frosty,

Now it is time to start taping and painting the dash. Then I can put in the sound proofing, new carpet and everthing else. A snap right?

Thank you guys!

Ted Feight

You're welcome Ted!

Justa make sure that the snapping sound doesn't come from you pal!!!!! LOL!

Keep us posted on your progress!

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