ronbarn Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Am looking for examples of the following items:<P>1. Cars which had "flip-up" headlights - this includes units where the whole headlight flipped up, units where the light was stationary and the cover flipped up or any other variation.<P>2. Cars that had some sort of vacuum assisted ashtrays.<P>Am not necessarily looking for the first as much as year, make and model of any such devices,<P>All inputs appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 68 Caprice. flip up door over stationary headlites. Maybe 69 - 70 caprice too. <BR>Corvette nearly all since 63, 36-37 cord. There were many such cars from about 1969 thru late 80's. Dodge Monaco. 65 Riv.<P>Vacuum ashtrays???? mid 50's GM products. Also mid 50's Packard. I'm not real sure it was offered on Packard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 opal gt,bricklin,buick ravioli{ about 1965} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 1942 DeSoto and the coffin nose Cords.<P>The Cord's headlites cranked up. I believe the DeSoto's were automatic, but I could be wrong. ~ hvs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 40LUV Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 Saab Sonnet, certain '69 Camaros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 Maybe some 60's thunderbirds with headlight covers??? <BR> <p>[ 07-17-2002: Message edited by: 54 Oldsman ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest c.johnson Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 '67 & '68 Merc Cougar had flip up headlights operated by an air system. I remember working on my '68 wondering why they didn't work right, until I found where the air line was broken.<P>cj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J446 Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 Ferrari Testarosssa-headlights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom M Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 68-69 Pontiac GTO's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 66-69 Toronado. 66-7 the whole light pod flipped up, 68-9 the headlights were stationary and grilles flipped up. Vacuum operated. Also 1967-8 Eldorado and 66-68 Riviera.<P>1966-70 Dodge Charger. Headlight pods rotated in grille. Electrically operated.<P>1978-9 Dodge Magnum. Stationary lights with clear plastic covers that rotated up electrically.<P>1967-70, 1977-82 Thunderbird. Stationary lights, vacuum operated covers. Also 69-later Continentals and 73-later LTDs.<P>Lotta blind cars running around, eh? That's one thing I can count on when the 69 Toronado goes to a cruise night- "Make the headlights work".<p>[ 07-17-2002: Message edited by: rocketraider ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Smeraldo Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 Mark 6 Continentals 79?-83 stationary with vacuum operated covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 67,68, and 69 rs camaros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 68 Chrysler 300<P>the Dodge StRegis sedan used covers like the Magnum (obscure and unloved) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bartlett Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 My 67 Camaro RS,and my 70 and 84 Corvettes all had flip door h.lites my model T's don't have them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 unloved ???????? u mean the Magnum???? I always thot them to be quite beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 I had forgot about those StRegises- they weren't common around here except as cop cars and apparently weren't too durable in that service. Most of them ended up in a local junkyard in the late 80s.<P>Agreed- Magnum was a fairly handsome car in spite of its era. Uncle had one and liked it a lot. Wish I'd gotten it when he traded it on a K-car Town & Country wagon that he said was the most miserable POS he ever owned and turned him totally against Chrysler products. Come to think of it- didn't some of those have hidden headlights too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 87-90 Chrysler LeBarons. Lights are stationary and covers flip down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Has everyone forgotten the Ford products of the seventies ~ the Lincolns, Mercury Marquis, Colony Park, etc. etc.<P>Thought you folks knew about cars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 We do- there's just too many of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronbarn Posted July 19, 2002 Author Share Posted July 19, 2002 Thanks for the responses. This request was for a friend who needed the information for a project. Your info has certainly provided some assistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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