Backup Light Brackets

Making the backup light brackets was pretty easy, once you knew what they looked like. The Pininfarina body parts manual wasn't much help.

It's part 23 on the right. I queried a couple of 330 GT owners in the North West to see if I could get a picture or a drawing. Rob Wakeling's response was 'I just recently found out that the car is supposed to have backup lights'. However, Dave Beach from Oregon, did have a car with original backup lights and brackets. He was nice enough to take one off of the car and send me a tracing along with measurements. With that, I was able to make brackets that are pretty close to the originals.

I first cut the metal to the proper parallelogram. Then the side were bent up. The bend across the bracket was harder since one needed a spacer to prevent the sides from flattening. It also caused the side to buckle a slight amount.

Bracket and Spacer Bar

Next I drilled the holes to mount the light and the bracket to the bumper. Then small nuts were welded for the screws from the light.

Final Bracket with Backup Light