We are changing a two door hardtop 1964 Dodge Polara to the Dodge "440" model. That change includes going from the Polara bezel/plate with three tail lights per side to the Dodge 440 style two tail lights per side. Of course, we have to weld up the extra holes in the rear panel.

Here are my questions: Is the outer tail light different from the inner tail light? Does anyone have part numbers for these tail lights and housings? I know the lenses are reproduced, but does anyone reproduce the housings? Can the original Polara tail lights be popped out of the bezel and used? We want it to look correct. Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks,
Arvid Svendsen

I know just why you are doing that, because I had a '64 Polara when I first checked into www.Moparts.com and needed a handle.

My Polara was built in California and was always a west coast car, so the sheet metal never suffered from the rust that plagues the east coast and central states. That did not prevent the pot metal taillight housings from developing pits. I chased those things all over e-Bay and was never able to find ones that I could afford. I did find a few locally at swap meets and collected those, but they were never better than the originals that I had on the car. It is tough to own a car with one-year only parts. I finally sold the car on e-Bay to a man in Chicago and last I heard he still loves it as much as I did. I also sent him all the parts that I had collected, including a lot of taillights and maybe he would sell some of his parts to you.

thanks for the Pic PolaraPete, Now I want to go to ebay and look for a 64, NO TIM!!!!

My late buddy's 440 had 3 lights.

Kinda hard to see in this pic but it's the only one I have of the back on this computer.

Kevin

I discovered that there were differences in the Polaras that were built in Canada. As an example, the instrument cluster used the Plymouth round gauges in Canada and the square gauges in USA models...

Same deal with our Canadian built 65 Polara wagon. It has a Fury dash.

Another Canuk 65 C-body only deal is A body V8 fender emblems on 318 cars.

Kevin

back when those cars were new, we liked to replace the back up lights with another tail/brake light. i still think of 62/63/64 cars as "late models". guess i'm gettin' up there.

Thanks for the input, great cars by the way! I did not know that some 440's had three tail lights. Probably going to stick with the two tail light plan. Again, thanks!