Vintage headlights
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Miss the Pontiacs
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Those are pretty cool. No idea where they started life. They kind of get lost on the table cloth.
The GJ crew will wonder what is a Medicine Hat! Greetings from next door near Tune Town.
The GJ crew will wonder what is a Medicine Hat! Greetings from next door near Tune Town.
Farmer J.
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That's interesting, and thanks for posting.
In my barn there is an immaculate (10,000-miles-from-new) 1935 Oldsmobile, with a crack in one headlight... Not mine, it belongs to family.
In my barn there is an immaculate (10,000-miles-from-new) 1935 Oldsmobile, with a crack in one headlight... Not mine, it belongs to family.
Provincial
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The internet seems to link "starilite" headlamp to Corcoran Brown company. That company made lights for Chrysler, Nash, Willys, and some military vehicles.
In 1939 General Electric introduced the sealed beam headlight. A year later, the United States mandated the use of two 7" diameter sealed beam headlights in all new highway vehicles. The 1941 date, and made in Canada are strong hints. Many cars were retrofitted to sealed beams, replacing the separate bulbs, reflectors, and lenses of earlier models. Kits for this were available into the 1970's.
Your headlights may have been originally built as sealed beams, or had a kit added to modify them.
In 1939 General Electric introduced the sealed beam headlight. A year later, the United States mandated the use of two 7" diameter sealed beam headlights in all new highway vehicles. The 1941 date, and made in Canada are strong hints. Many cars were retrofitted to sealed beams, replacing the separate bulbs, reflectors, and lenses of earlier models. Kits for this were available into the 1970's.
Your headlights may have been originally built as sealed beams, or had a kit added to modify them.
Farmer J.
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Well, they're not the same as the ones on that old Oldsmobile. It has 'Tilt Ray', and look as though separate bulb and reflector, as indicated by the time line from Provincial.
I learned to hate sealed beams! They were fitted as standard on Land Rovers until the 1990's, and I used to buy a kit to change them to standard 7" round with halogen bulbs so as we could actually see where we were going. I still have some new, take off, sealed beams in a box. The only thing good about them was that they didn't fill up with muddy water!
I learned to hate sealed beams! They were fitted as standard on Land Rovers until the 1990's, and I used to buy a kit to change them to standard 7" round with halogen bulbs so as we could actually see where we were going. I still have some new, take off, sealed beams in a box. The only thing good about them was that they didn't fill up with muddy water!
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DD T/A
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^^^That's the story on the Olds? It's gotta be interesting.
Farmer J.
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Not much story really. It was supplied new to a customer in London, as an original Right Hand Drive steering model. Used for a while, then when WW2 came it was parked up safely and luckily no bombs fell on it. It stayed in storage as fuel was still rationed here and it drinks a lot.!. then it never got used properly again. It's had a paintwork refresh, and new tyres and a few service items mostly rubber seals but apart from that is all original. It looks great but is horrible to drive in modern traffic, it's big and slow, no power steering or brakes, 6 volt electrics, no seat belts..!
Farmer J.
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Ha ha, oh dear, yes! But forgot about them as that thing hasn't been out in the rain for 80 years..