On top they say "Brown Stabilite Head Lamp" They are about 10 3/4" overall in diameter They have a built in visor on the trim ring the lenses are 9 15/32" and are 10 7/32" overall and say made for Mazda No. 1110 and the part # is 1781 Any make and model info of the car these would have been on is greatly appreciated. I'm also looking for a spare lens if by chance someone has one.....Thanks.......Mike
All the late 30's and 40's era Mopar headlight lenses and bulbs were made by a company called Corcoran/Brown, this company might be half the namesake of the later Corcoran/Brown headlight manufacturer. So late 20's or early 30's Mopar is a possibility.
Those are definitely not 60's headlamps of any sort. Many of the american cars of the 30's used lamps with Mazda made lenses..... Mike
I found a pair attached to a bumper. There was a bumber guard/riser and it had a tube connecting the risers above the bumper. After taking the lights home, I went online and noticed that the bumper matched an RX3. I have been trying to do research on this for quite some time with no luck. I strongly doubt they are from the 30s, the wiring is plastic coating like the 60s and 70s, not cloth like the 30s. There are two things that bother me: 1. The bulbs are tailight bulbs and hardly put out any light. The pair I have seem to have flat white paint over a reflective silver background. 2. If these are from a RX3, they would rise above the hood. Kinda like rally lights on a WRC WRX. I know Mazda rallied the RX3, but could not find a pair of lights like these on an RX3. Weird. Let me know what you guys think.
they are probably chrysler , although some old fire engines had simalar , lefrence and seagrave , nice cones
---------------------------- The "Mazda" name on the light absolutely does not refer to, or have anything to do with, the modern-day Japanese Mazda auto manufacturer of the same name! Both 'Mazda' and 'Brown-Stabilight' were well-known U.S.-based manufacturers of headlights and other various automotive lamps and lenses in the 1920's and '30's, supplying lighting products to several different OEM auto and truck manufactures of the day - and also making lights and parts for various aftermarket headlight manufacturers too. I *believe* the headlights in picture are for an early '30's 'big' Nash, probably an Amb***ador. If so, they're pretty rare and valuable lights , as the senior Nashes - and the Amb***ador models in particular - were fairly high-end cars of the day - considered by many to be on-par with a Cadillac or Lincoln - and thus, not too common. Whatever they are from though, they're neat looking headlights and very cool....and they're definitely not Japanese! Mart3406 ================
Those lights appear to be Nash on 1932 and 1933. They could be 6 cylinder series or the smallest 8 cyl Nash..the 8 cyl lights are a bit larger than 6 cyls. I can measure tomorrow. My 32 Nash below needs two 6 cyl size headight rims, as they have dozens of cracks. I bought 2 rims and 5 lenses in one lot on ebay, but they are all 8 cyl sized.
Time means nothing when looking for ultra hard to find parts I tracked down a former owner of my car who sold it 25 years ago, and he still had a crate full of parts that were removed from my car. Many of those parts only fit this odd body style, and I have only found one other existing exact model on the internet in 3 years...in South America. Mine is body number 38, and I doubt 50 were built
Thanks guys. F&J, those look to be like the ones I have. Since I've posted this I have been able to find 3 extra lenses and 2 more housings. So I should have enough parts .
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