Lights suddenly not working, any ideas?

[rider5]

My '67 305 Dream has decided her lights aren't going to work, both the headlight and brake light. Since it's pretty doubtful that both bulbs would fail at the same time I think it's something else. Could it be the rectifier?

Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

[Geoff Hastings]

Rather than speculate as to wether both bulbs could blow simultaneously why not check them? It won't take a couple of minutes. Might be a current spike because of a bad earth, and they did both blow, or, might be you had not noticed the stop light failed until you noticed the head light go.

[DJM]

Not likely to be the rectifier.

[rider5]

Thanks DJM & Geoff Hastings for responding, I'll check out the bulbs.

[rrietman]

does the taillight come on? if so in which switch position?sounds like a switch problem. the soldered connections on the back of the ign switch are prone to failure. study the wiring diagram and do some continuity checks.
Good luck
Randy