Question for 66/67 Coronet owners.

I am assembling my car now and when I got to the sail panel lights, I realized the bulb 1004 I have is painted at the lower edge near the brass. I don't think it is cooked white grease, because there was no grease in the socket whatsoever. Does anybody know anything about this? Was it to reduce the brightness? One thing I do know, it was in my car and it is painted! Now, why is another question!

It was to keep it from corroding in the socket sometimes moisture will sieze it in there. Or moisture will seep in and short out the bulb. It wont dull brightness

This doesnt answer your question but I would get an LED, it won't melt the lens or turn it brown, draws a fraction of the current those do and the light is a lot softer..

I think i posed a answer to something not reflecting the question . my applogies.

Iagree on the LED's. No worries slimt, an answer is something. It's just weird. I'm nearly 100% positive this is paint vs cooked / dried grease. There is zero remnants of grease in the socket. Just makes me wonder why it might have been painted.

I've seen them "painted" before, its actually like a tint film and it does eventually dry up and crack or flake off...I don't think I've seen white though. Its always been an amber color...

You never know what on earth the guy before you was thinking. It could have a significant reason or no reason at all.

Let me tell you about the green painted spark plugs on a Mustang.

I restored a 67 Mustang for a friend about 20 years ago. At some point he sold it and the new owner called me to ask a few questions. The one thing he couldn't figure out was why on earth were the spark plugs painted green? I was at a total loss.

Then it hit me, when I do over an engine, I put the spark plugs and the oil filter on and paint the engine, in this case Ford blue. The oil filter gets removed pretty quickly, but the painted spark plugs stay for a while. Evidently, my friend, who is color blind recognized that the plugs were painted and either mistook the blue for green, or the green paint for blue. And for some reason, he felt the need to paint the new ones. Would you ever come up with that if you found green painted spark plugs on a blue engine? LOL