1909schacht Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 came across this NOS tail light looks close to a 42 Pontiac but no match that I could find... guide R-22 on lenztried to find a match up but no luck... no chrome bezel just painted gray could this be a WWII car light ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcolleary Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 the guide says r22 is 42 pontiacGood luck with your search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JPromo Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I would agree that this would likely have been wartime production 1942. I actually have painted parking lights from this same car, which are typically chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Commodore Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 The problem with it being 1942 Pontiac is that the bezel is different on the 1942. See photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Maybe export cars were different??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dwight H. Bennett Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Just curious: Why don't you show us a picture of "this same car's" parking lights? That might also be helpful in the identification... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Commodore Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 OK, here is the Front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dwight H. Bennett Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Ok. I got totally confused. I thought 1909schacht wanted to know what his tail light was. I agree that it doesn't look like the one on the foreign (right hand drive!) Pontiac picture submitted by Commodore. But I thought it was 1909schact who had the parking lights too, and that's why I wanted to see his parking lights as I thought that might help us figure out about his tail lights. Which, Commodore, brings up another point: Where are the parking lights on the front of this car? You're not going to tell me that those big driving lights are the "parking lights" are you?~Dwight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I don't think this car was manufactured in the US. Did Pontiac have plants elsewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1909schacht Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 found a photo of the front end of a 42 showing parking lights a little better...still wounding if Pontiac would have changed its tail light bezel design during war time while still using the same glass as the 42 model year ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dictator27 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I don't think this car was manufactured in the US. Did Pontiac have plants elsewhere?Pontiacs sold in Britain would have been built in Canada. Commonwealth preference.Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dwight H. Bennett Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Yes, thank you, the second image shows the parking lights clearly. Now I see them in the original image sent.You really have me stumped here. Why the second bezel? Maybe it could have been for a prototype car before all decisions were made on such fine details?FYI, the first Pontiac shown is a post Dec. 31, 1942, 1942 model, and the second one shown above is a pre Jan. 1, 1943, 1942 car. At least if the same constraints held with the Pontiacs made for foreign consumption.Does anyone know what country used license plates like these? That's probably something I could find faster on the internet than asking here. But I don't have the time... Oh, and the forward mounted mirrors, those were mandatory in Japan, but I don't think these cars were going to Japan after Pearl Harbor (Let us never forget).~Dwight Bennett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) Does anyone know what country used license plates like these? ~Dwight BennettI believe those are United Kingdom/Great Britain.... Southamptom, specifically (TR). Edited October 28, 2014 by West Peterson (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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