51 buick fender lights

I have several books with new 51 buick pics on the cover and in most of them I see a light on top of the fender right behind the headlight on top of the fender.did they make them or were they only a dealer item?thanks:cool:

I believe this issue has been raised here before. From what we've gathered here on the forum the fender top lights were a design idea early on. They were even drawn on early '51 sales literature. But the idea never got made a reality. There were never any fender lights on 1951 cars and they were then removed from all 1951 ads and literature. You can find multiple examples of the same drawings with and without the lights as in the two below. Too bad. I think they look really good. I suppose if you were going the custom route you could get some from a '49 and try to graft them on. I think it would make an interesting conversation piece. If anyone ever gave you crap for them being on there you could hand them a piece of early '51 literature and say, "Look, there they are right there!":D:cool:

Hi,

I like 'em!

--Tom

thanks,i have been beating the bushes trying to find lights that do not exist,lol.new to this site so I missed info.you are right that they would look kool,should have been made.

You might try 1941 Buick parking lights. They are available as a reproduction.

Hi,

Here's a youtube video of a '41 with close-ups of the fender lights.

--Tom

i thnk they would look pretty kool on my buick,I am not building a stocker just a few mods that should have been done in 51,thanks

thanks , I am going to look into them

Well it looks like there was at least one prototype '51 with the fender lights. Found this picture. First time I've ever seen the lights on a real car.

thanks for pic,i agree that they should have made them,they look kool