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Headlight ID

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by junkman8888, Mar 11, 2011.

  1. junkman8888
    Joined: Jan 28, 2009
    Posts: 1,075

    junkman8888
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    Greetings! A friend of mine bought an old pickup, these headlights were stored inside, anyone know the make and model vehicle they came from? I figure it must be a large truck of some kind because these things are huge! Thanks, Mike
     

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  2. So will this go down as one of the better finds in 2011 ? Lucky man.
     
  3. He prob just made money on buying the truck :)
     
  4. mart3406
    Joined: May 31, 2009
    Posts: 3,055

    mart3406
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    from Canada

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    Definitely! Probably the find of the
    year or may even of the decade!!
    Those particular 'Electroline' headights
    were an ultra-rare, super-high-dollar
    factory option, only offered on a
    handful of 'export-model-only' mid-'30's
    Henway 'Armoured Limousines' and
    'Triple-Cowl Phaeton' touring cars!
    I'd be on the phone right now to the
    Smithsonian, or at the very least, to the
    CCCA!! :eek::eek::D

    Mart3406 ("Official Henway Motors
    Corporate Historian and Archivist
    "):D
    =========================
     
    Last edited: Mar 12, 2011
  5. dont listen to them those things are junk, send em to me and il despose of em for you:rolleyes::D. seriously tho good find, those things have some serious art deco style. slicker than shark ****!!!!!:cool:
     
  6. They could be off of just about anything. Big truck manufacturers usually outsourced parts like headlight ***emblies instead of making their own. Likewise some of the "orphan" makes of cars. Rather than making their own, they used Electroline, Guide, BLC, etc. Guide was/is part of General Motors and supplied the whole GM line but also supplied others. I remember seeing a pair of Electrolines like yours on a '36 Studebaker he****. I don't know if they were original or if somebody put them on later, but they looked like they belonged there.
     
  7. Will350z
    Joined: Nov 11, 2010
    Posts: 95

    Will350z
    Member

    Great find!

    Just found a pair myself a few weeks ago (Took me months of searching)!
     

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