Topic: Glove box light fixture - 67 & 68

[cmayna]

Does anyone have a pic of what the glovebox light fixture looks like that fastens to the glove box of a 67 or 68?  I believe it is seperate from the switch.

Thanks
Craig

[CharlesTurner]

The light goes through a hole in the metal part of the dash, doesn't attach to the liner.

[bwross]

Charles would you happen to know what the diameter of that hole is?  I'm considering fitting my car with a light.

thanks
Bruce

[CharlesTurner]

i sure don't.  Somewhere around 9/16", same size as 65/66.

[cmayna]

Charles,

Are you saying that the only way the light will light up the glove box interior is when the glove box door is fully open, aligning the lamp to the hole in the liner?

What a silly design.

Now, I was going to a box of misc Musang parts that I bought from someone else and found these.  Mustang Unlimited calls the round lens as "67/68 glove box light lens".  It seems to me that these brackets somehow get attached to the liner at the liner lamp hole and the wire gets attached to the switch.

[Murf]

The light you have pictured looks to me as if it is a console cubby hole light, not a light for the glove box.  I just checked my 68 -standard interior, console, April 03 build SJ plant, and it has no light in the glove box nor does it have a switch acuated by the glove box door to turn on a lightI have never replaced the glove box so I assume it came with no light or no switch.  The light in the cubby hole of the console comes in with the dome light switch operated by each door as well as by rotating the headlight switch all of the way to left.  Hope this is of some help.  Trying to figure out a glove box light may be impossible if all 68Mustangs are like mine and have NO glove box light or switch at all. 

[mmv.mustangs]

I will post pictures of a 1968 glove box light.

Mark Vasquez

Picture of 1968 glove box





last picture, I removed the light lense so you could see everything.

Mark Vasquez

[Murf]

This seems crazy, but I just checked again, and the 68 CS I own does not have a glove box light or a light switch.  The area where Mark has a switch has never been drilled - however there is a dimple in that location to indicate where the hole is to be drilled.  The hole for the light to shine through is in the glove box liner, but no trace of a socket assembly exists on the left side of the glove box.  Weird?  So what indicates if a 68 is to be equipped with a glove box light? 

[cmayna]

Guys, thanks for all the replies.  Yes, I have the dimple where the hole should be drilled for the light/switch.  Maybe, I'll go ahead and drill it and see how it turns out.

[Murf]

Exactly what determines if a 68 has a glove box light or not?  Anyone have any facts or even a guess about this?

[CharlesTurner]

Exactly what determines if a 68 has a glove box light or not?  Anyone have any facts or even a guess about this?

I'm going strictly off memory here, but believe there was some type of option in '68 that included the glove box light.  Hopefully others who have a reference handy will chime in.

[bastille_stango]

(from a newbie reading old threads, sorry if it was already answered in a new thread ! ...)

Named "Courtesy Light Group" in the first 1968 brochure and "Visibility Group" in the second, this option included :
- under hood light (mercury switch)
- under luggage trunk compartment light (mercury switch)
- glove compartment light and lock
- for hardtop : under dash courtesy light   (already included for FB and convert.)

Luc from Paris France with Mustang love !

[ruppstang]

+1 Marty

[196667Bob]

Attached are a couple of pictures of an NOS one. Note that the Part # is C3AZ-14413-A. The hole on my '67 is 1/2" diameter.

Bob

[67gta289]

Bob, thanks for sharing. It is hard for me to see but is the part number printed on the wire associated with the assembly?   Did the assembly include a bulb, and if so what type?