[imported_K8096]

This is a tough one guys. Click on the link below and guess what this headlight is to. We just can't figure it out. A friend of mine & myself have spent several hours looking thru pictures & books trying to match this to something & we can't get it. It has to be from about 1929 - 1931. It has a socket on one side for a jewel, and a socket on the other side for a tie bar. At the top of the rim there is an "8." There is a ridge that goes down the back of the bucket. It seems to be almost exactly the same as a 1928 or 1929 Cadillac, except cadillacs has a black crest at the top of the rim, not an "8." It's a fairly large light, and would have been off of a medium to large car originally. I have tried to match it up to the larger Graham, Hupmobile, Peerless, Marmon, ect. & just cant get an exact match. One possibility is the large series 1931 Jordan, but I cant find a close up photo of a headlight from one of those. Any ideas?

http://www.msnusers.com/k8096

Go to the bottom right of the page & click on the pictures to make them bigger.


If you go to Google, click on Images, and type in "Jordan 1931" there's a picture of a '31 Jordan coupe with a headlight that "appears" to the same as mine.

[cmj]

Is not Jordan, or Studebaker. Might be a big Nash??? Does it have any identifying marks on it such a Twilight, Guide etc.

[oldford]

Why do you say it's not Stude. It has the same number 8 at the top as the badge in front of the radiator on a 28 or 29 Stude. Same script, same font... The hole in the side is for the badge bar... I'd say it's a 28 or 29 Stude President 8

Frank

[imported_K8096]

The lens says "TILTRAY HEADLAMP GUIDE"

[imported_K8096]

Didn't all Studebakrs from this era have the little pointed wing at the top of the rim? That's why I don't think it's Studebaker.

[cmj]

Yes the Studebaker had the feather crest on the top, used same shell and retaining ring as the Jordan. I am still thinking it is Nash. That 8 is stamped into the ring

[imported_K8096]

The "8" IS NOT stamped into the ring. It can be removed. The "8" is gold plated too.

[cmj]

Hard to tell from the picture, but it looks to have a plugin on the backside for the wires. Jordan lights had the plug in the hollow mounting bolt for a cleaner look

[imported_K8096]

You're correct, there is a plug in at the bottom back of the bucket. The wire does not goes throught the mounting bolt. By the way, I see your into Jordans. I live near Cleveland and have seen what's left of the Jordan factory. The Speedway Series Z Ace roadster is also being restoring in the area at a local shop.

[stude8]

Sorry guys, Oldford is right, the light is from a 1928 Studebaker President. It was a one year, one model version they used with the 8 emblem to call attention to their new eight cylinder model. I had one of those lamps myself. Stude8