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Racur96 12-13-2012 01:57 AM

Fender mount parking lights
 

Are there any identifying marks on the ford accessory park lights?

Big John 12-13-2012 11:02 AM

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the ones that mount on the fenders are in the shape of the headlights... can't say about identification marks..They are rare to find them.....

Ray in La Mesa 12-13-2012 11:30 AM

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I have a pair of each of the 28-29's and the 30-31's. They mimic the headlight shape and style. I could not find any identifying marks on either set. From the photos in the litrature I've seen my sets appear to be originals.

redmodelt 12-13-2012 11:32 AM

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Could ask this guy;
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1928-1929-MO...sories&vxp=mtr
No connection

BILL WILLIAMSON 12-13-2012 01:41 PM

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I've seen many on cars on the Buenes Aries Model A club website also saw a lot of unusual colors. Bill W. YO! MUD RACES, Chief could have given them a run for their MONEY!$$$$$)

msmaron 12-13-2012 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Ray in La Mesa (Post 551962)
I have a pair of each of the 28-29's and the 30-31's. They mimic the headlight shape and style. I could not find any identifying marks on either set. From the photos in the litrature I've seen my sets appear to be originals.

Ray do you have pictures???

Pete in Michigan 12-13-2012 04:13 PM

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Fender mounted parking lights were made for the foreign market, IMO. British and most European cars had fender mounted parking lights.

juke joint johnny 12-13-2012 04:37 PM

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The 30-31's are a small version of the headlights the rim held on with a bar clip same as the headlights. I think the 28-29's rims are held in with screw and clip like the early stainless cowl lamps . They are very hard to find even in England.

John Cochran

juke joint johnny 12-13-2012 04:45 PM

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Those ones on Ebay look like the right lights for 28-29 but the wrong trim pieces that mount on the fender as they have points on them that would dig into the fender . Look like door handle escutheons to me.

John Cochran

Brad in Germany 12-14-2012 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete in Michigan (Post 552119)
.... and most European cars had fender mounted parking lights.

They did??

What other European countries besides the UK? They were not standard on Model A's in France, not Germany, not Denmark, not Sweden, not Finland, not Switzerland, not Spain, not the Netherlands, not Austria, not Italy, not Poland, not Hungary, not Belgium, not in any of the Balkan countries nor Greece....

As in the US, after-market accessory fender lights in Europe were available from non-Ford suppliers, but were very rarely used.

By the way, the 1928-29 Ford Model A fender lights are/were being reproduced in limited numbers in Brazil. I saw them when I visited there several years ago.

Fordially,
Brad in Maryland

Jim/GA 12-14-2012 11:46 AM

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Hmmm... I have a set of these in a box here. I had no idea they were worth that much!

redmodelt 12-14-2012 11:55 AM

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There is a picture and wiring instructions in the Service Manual. They were meant for the American market, just not real popular. I think the base does come back to a point on the 28-29 ones, I would have to look at the the illustration again.

mot 12-14-2012 01:53 PM

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this is an original 29 with the correct escution (sp)
the ones with the tear drop are incorrect
there was an article in the Restorer years ago where the original owner had bought a sport coupe and on the invoice he bought fender lamps,and he also had a photo of the car with them mounted
tom

Ray in La Mesa 12-15-2012 09:45 AM

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MSMARON, I'm not computer literate enough to do pictures. We've got an older computer and I barely know how to get on Fordbarn.

Big John 12-15-2012 02:20 PM

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They sold for $290.... i am surprised they went that cheap given the rarety......

Tudortomnz 12-15-2012 10:56 PM

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Fender lamps were a US accessory & in 1929, the fender stays/braces have a hole drilled through at the top so they can be installed.
Most commonly seen on Sth American Model A's whch required parking lights separate from the headlamps; even commercial cars had them, but painted.
I think they look much better than cowl lamps on the 1928 '29's

Jim/GA 12-15-2012 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Big John (Post 553373)
They sold for $290.... i am surprised they went that cheap given the rarety......

If anyone wants the pair I have for $290, let me know.

fudgeman-999 01-18-2014 12:34 PM

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Parking lights long gone I suppose? Just thought I should ask. I'm real interested in a set for our Canadian early '28 Tudor. Thanx for another great informative thread guys! Pat S.

Jim/GA 01-18-2014 12:47 PM

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I sold the pair I had in Feb. 2013, shortly after offering them for sale above.

They looked just like the ones in Tom's (mot's) pictures.

My Dad and I took them off a car back in the 70's and they had been sitting in a box ever since. I'm trying to get rid of stuff that I know I'll never use, both to clear out space and to get it out to people who will use it.


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