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Offline BioBa

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55 T-Bird for Twilight Zone from Aldi
« on: December 18, 2013, 11:16:57 PM »
Hey Guys I always wanted to do the T-Bird Mod for my Twilight Zone. At the moment Aldi (believe it or not!) has a really nice red die cast 55 T-Bird for $3.95 for sale!
https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-buys/wednesday-18-december-2013/wednesday-detail-wk51/ps/p/die-cast-model-cars/


Does anybody know how to wire the head light leds so they light up when the T-Birds hits the wall?

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Re: 55 T-Bird for Twilight Zone from Aldi
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2014, 09:47:36 PM »
Figured it out myself. Connected it to the 'Dead End" light socket.

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Re: 55 T-Bird for Twilight Zone from Aldi
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2014, 12:55:42 AM »
Finally finished this mod. Really like it and it cost me only $10 including the Aldi T-Bird diecast.

http://youtu.be/7GYfJABdRiY

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Re: 55 T-Bird for Twilight Zone from Aldi
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2014, 10:46:39 AM »
Looks like it came from the factory with it installed - well done!
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Re: 55 T-Bird for Twilight Zone from Aldi
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2014, 01:04:28 PM »
Nice job, great value and looks awesome!

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Re: 55 T-Bird for Twilight Zone from Aldi
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2014, 06:22:23 PM »
Great job, looks like factory. Any detail on how to wire up the headlights?

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Re: 55 T-Bird for Twilight Zone from Aldi
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2014, 10:22:42 PM »
Superb  ^^^

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Re: 55 T-Bird for Twilight Zone from Aldi
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2014, 11:49:03 PM »
Great job, looks like factory. Any detail on how to wire up the headlights?

After purchasing some 3 mm pre-wired LEDs I drilled out the front and rear lights of the car. For the rear I bought red LEDs. I hot glued the LEDs into position.
I connected them to two single wires which I soldered to the "Dead End" light socket.
The car itself I screwed onto a piece of Perspex with was mounted onto one of the mounts on the side.
Sorry I did not take photos of the whole process.

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Re: 55 T-Bird for Twilight Zone from Aldi
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2014, 01:19:35 AM »
Thanks for the info BioBa, Very helpful ^^^. Now to find a car as I could not locate the Aldi one.