Just thought I would pass this along to others who may be facing restoration challenges. Several weeks ago, I detailed my tail light buckets and rewrapped the wiring and cleaned the sockets. I remounted the light panel and tried to put in new light bulbs. I was only able to get two bulbs in and this was with alot of strain and verbal expletives! I decided to disassemble the lights and pull the sockets. I found A LOT of rust and corrosion. In short, the light sockets were shot and in need of new springs and contacts. I did an internet search and found a website that sells new Ford sockets as well as a variety of other interesting things. Here is the website: www.oemsurplus911.com. I'll do another post when I get these parts and put the tail lights back together. Hope this helps someone in the future.
Steve
Steve