Headlights

[RKS.PA]

Originally Posted by JSeery

There are these, but not sure how they would work. I would think the focus of the seal beam and the focus of the original lens would interfere with each other.

Jerry, I did screw up the part #! good catch and sorry.


Mine look like the ones above with the parking light bulb in front of the sealed beam bulb. Appears to be for a '40? I used the original Ford lens with Ford script and did not notice any beam focus distortion and have done quite a bit of night driving.


Stayed with six volts and was very conscious of the grounds. Did this conversion in 1996, so memory isn't what it should be!

[JSeery]

Originally Posted by RKS.PA

Jerry, I did screw up the part #! good catch and sorry.


Mine look like the ones above with the parking light bulb in front of the sealed beam bulb. Appears to be for a '40? I used the original Ford lens with Ford script and did not notice any beam focus distortion and have done quite a bit of night driving.


Stayed with six volts and was very conscious of the grounds. Did this conversion in 1996, so memory isn't what it should be!

Good information.

[hop up]

Thank you Sir and great info in this thread

Originally Posted by ford38v8

Hop Up, Halogens were hyped some years ago as being brighter, which they were, but at the expense of high amperage draw, rendering tail lights useless, generators unable to keep up, wiring inadequate, beam focus non existent, and besides all that, one must modify the reflectors, making them useless to go back to original. Lighting technology today has obsoleted Halogens, and is actually still evolving to better all the time. Any upgrades today should be done with an eye to the future for even better upgrades.