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Originally Posted by Electronic M
Atleast as far back as the 30s turn signals were available on some cars as an option, and on any car as aftermarket modifications. I think they remained an option until the early 50s then became mandatory on new cars...IIRC in some places if you own a car that never had factory turn signals you don't have to add them.
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Back when they weren't all that old I had two 1951 cars , a Chevy and a Plymouth . Neither car was built with factory installed turn signals and the Chevy already had the aftermarket retrofit signals installed before I bought it but the Plymouth didn't . I ended up tracking down one of the turn signal kits for the Plymouth , it was a unit that clamped onto the steering column and required rewiring the brake lights into combination brakelight / turnsignals , the kit had new wires that ran to each bulb in the trunk and to the front running lights (which needed their sockets changed from the single to dual filament bulbs for the turn signals) .
Fun fact , both cars were 6 volt electrical systems with tube radios . I of course had the radios working perfectly and had taken an FM converter , used a small 6 V motorcycle battery in series with the car's 6 V to supply the converter with the 12 V it needed , and headbanging metal was happily blasted to the general disgust of most of my fellow commuters
