Fog lights on hotrods

I see from time to time classic hotrods with one or two yellow fog light(s)mounted up front. What period of time was this popular. I like the look but was not sure during what time in our Hot Rodding history it was popular.. (and was it limited to certain areas of the US ????)

I love a classic highboy roadster running skinny bias and a single fog light mounted on the spreader bar... if you got pics share them...

 

I like that look too.Here's one with two clear ones.

 

I brought a foglamp from an old guy at Hershey once. ''Only have one'' He said

"It's not very foggy where I come from" I told him

 

the yellows look cool to me. seem pretty rare.

 

I like them on customs too..

this pair was on for awhile..

now I switched up and am running one


i prohably have 4 sets.. i switch around from time to time..

what the hell is wrong with me anyway??

 

I like 'em on certain cars. The VW crowd uses them too on their bugs and buses.
I've thought of maybe using a small set on mine for turn signals if I can't find a set of the old military black-out lights used on the front of Jeeps.

Josh

 

That's a good idea, I might use that on my '40 Chrysler.

I like fog lights on late 30's and 40's era cars, but then again, I love accessory'd out "bomb" style cars with the more trinkets the better.

I think there's a foglight for nearly every era in hotrodding, except maybe 60's style. They look best on cars that have other add-on chrome stuff on them.

 

I dig 'em on the right car.

 

I have a sweet pair of red Fire Truck lights that I'm going to mount on Pepe.

 

These are real old fog lights. I've yet to connect them......

 

those are some great shots. thanks for sharing. Some cars just look better with two (balanced) and others with one. Sawzall, would be curious to see yours with one, as I think the two work really well due to the size of the car and the curves of the grill and fender...

Any more shots out there

 

Fog lights are where you find them.

 

Having just purchased a new harley electra glide last month I was looking at goodies for it and noticed in one of the aftermarket catalogs some really nice looking orange fog lamps. With or withiut fluted lenses. Looking at my glide they would be the right size for my 32. Of course I only want one and they sell em in 1's. Ive always liked the look on a high boy. If anyone is interested i saw em in the J&P cycle catalog for harleys. and If I remember right the link is www.jpcycles.com. Oh ya they were priced decent too. Im gonna prolly order 1 for my coupe.
Dave

 

Along the SoCal coast, foglights were popular late 40's - early 50's.

Mid 50's on, cars started trending toward a smoother look.
Even so, a lotta guys liked fog lights - always amber - and used em.

My dad ran a pair on several of his cars.
From a chopped 36 five window he owned in the early 40's - probably one of the earliest fat fender cars to be chopped in So Cal, done in 1941 - to his 42 and 47 Ford two doors.
The 47 had dual spots as well.
Looked pretty cool and not overly junked out as you might think.

Where you live has a lot to do with fog lights as well.
Ventura (south of Santa Barbara), where I grew up could have some serious fogs now and then as well as some light-moderate stuff that called for slow driving.
The serious stuff called for cruising just above an idle in 2nd gear.

Today, and even 20 years ago you wouldn't see fog lights on a Ventura car.
The 4x4 guys ran em on their trucks, but they tend to copy the Baja Racers with their many airplane lights for running hard at night.

When I moved to Central California's San Joaquin Valley in 1988 I was surprised to see all the cars that had fog lights.
Quite a few amber ones, but most were clear.

I opted for a pair of ambers on my 89 Ranger 4x4 and they did help in the drive home or to work at midnight.
The fog lights were aimed lower than the low beams and did a great job of filling in the blank areas.
In fact, when the fog got so heavy - worse than coastal fog in fact - you'd do better running with park lights and fog lights on with the headlights off.
Illegal for sure, but you could keep going at 10-15 mph.

An old joke in the valley was that you could always tell the valley cars from all the rest of the California cars.
You just had to look for fog lights.

The neatest back in the good ol daze foglights were made by Guide I think it was.
Round, amber and they had a little stamped chrome piece up top that resembled to a small extent the cool little guide lamp on the popular Guide headlights.
I think the name Guide was embossed in the stamped chrome piece on most of their fog lights.

Cool accessory then as well as now - on the right car.
Like jusjunk says, JP Cycles more than likely has a fog light that would do it for most hot rod cars both thin and fat fendered.

They're good people to order from and I've gotten quite a few things from them that were useful on my roadsters.

Rear view mirrors for one thing, cut em down and they make very nice mirrors for hot rods.
Too big for some, but to me they're not obtrusive.
I prefer a mirror you can actually see out of rather than an antique copy you can't adjust or even use due to vibration when you're driving.

 

C9, thats some great history..

I have also bought several motorcycle items for my 29 sedan just the build.

 

Mods put them on scooters.

Yellow fogs are also popular on lowrider bombs.

I don't mind fogs on hot rod trucks because of their utilitarian use.

 

They look good on this A. Hey FenZ, any more pics of that black '32? It looks super nice.

 

Lets get serious, how often do you need them???
Less is more.

 

How often do you need a hot rod?

 

Pretty obvious who built this Deuce,isn't it ?

 

Every day

 

This ain't no highboy roadster, but I'm running fog lights.

Bought this shit box and the holes for the fog lights were already in the front splash apron. What's the easiest fix, filling the holes or mounting a pair of fog lights? Found this pair of lights at the Charlotte swap meet for $15. Easy fix. Most folks remark that they look cool .

 

1948 Desoto

 

I Dig Em-

 

I don't remember them on hot rods from this non-fog area in the 50s or 60s. The guys with pocket protectors had fog lights on their cars. They were always prepared for the once a decade fog event. The first set that I remember taking notice of was on Posies model A panel truck in the 70s. When the resto-rod fad hit in the 70s fog light prices soared just like the Guide lights of today. We all searched for that really cool looking light that nobody else had.



I was paying about 15 bucks a piece for these when I restored them back then. They sat restored on my shelf for 25 years. The resto-rod look died.



You can see the football shape better here. It's only been in the last few years that I've noticed the asymmetrical trend. I try to keep up with the latest styles. Actually I was glad to have something to use it on with out being too garish. I think a pair would be too much.

 

I've got the same fogs on my 1935 woodie. I bought the mounting stands from JobLot on Long Island, mounted an old fog lamp switch under the dask and ran the power from the hot side of the ignition swicth. 6 Volts and they really cast a strong amber beam!!

 

I ran a pair on the front of my chopped deuce PU along wih a Pines winter front, gave it kind of a classic look. They were used as running lights. Sold the truck to a fella in England, should work great in the land of fog.

 

Itt doesnt matter if you only use them once every year, It sure is Great to have them when you do need them.

I put one on my stock 31 Coupe

 

I'll have to connect them this summer. Oh yeah, the brand is "Diamond T"

 

Tommy,

I saw this truck at the Jalopy Showdown and really liked it. I definitely noticed the oval foglight and thought it added character.