1933 Headlights from what vehicle

[Guest Gettin Older]

I have had these rolled bezel, one-piece headlights since 1961, and no one has ever positively identified them. Can You?

They are ink stamp dated Sept 22, 1933 and are a matched Left and Right pair

Have Corcoran-Brown Tri-Beam lenses, L & R, and use a GE Mazda lamp for the bulb

Note that they do not have a removable bezel!

I am sure someone needs them for a completion on a project car.

Any ideas? Guys at Auburn-Bugatti-Cord-Duesenberg had no idea what they fit to.

[keiser31]

Possibly 1934 Dodge or 1935 Plymouth, I believe. Here is a Plymouth....and 1934 Dodge....

Edited September 22, 2016 by keiser31 (see edit history)

[Scott Bonesteel]

Keiser as usual is right.  I would be very interested in them for my 34 Dodge DRXX coupe which has no lenses or reflectors, (years ago somebody bolted in seal beam conversions) would swap the whole units out.  Shoot me an email if you are interested in parting with them.  scottbonesteel@cox.net. Thanks!  SMB

[Curti]

Those left and right Tri -Beam lenses were also used in 34 and early 35 Auburn six cylinder.

[Guest Gettin Older]

Closer to the 34 Nash headlights, but still not exact. Thanks for all the input!

[keiser31]

1 minute ago, Gettin Older said:

Closer to the 34 Nash headlights, but still not exact. Thanks for all the input!

Did you not see the 1934 Dodge lamps. They have the curved bucket without the bezel.

[Guest Gettin Older]

Yes, thank you! I have a bunch of 1933-34 Dodge pics and also in my Automobile Quarterly book collection, but none of the original pics from Dodge show them that way. Unless it was a special order. The other thing I noticed is that they appear to be slightly shorter than mine. Any idea as to how I can get a better/closer pic of those?

[keiser31]

Here is an original '34 DB with those lamps. Sorry it is a fuzzy shot, but you might be able to see the real length here....

[Guest Gettin Older]

You could be right. I'll check out some more pics of the 34 DB's.

Here is another of mine

And a very rare 54 Thunderbolt Convertible

[keiser31]

Is that a Chrysler show car?

[Guest Gettin Older]

Guy doing the Detailing on it said it was a factory stock 1954 Chrysler Thunderbolt Conv

[keiser31]

Interesting....it is not in any of my Chrysler research material. In fact, I don't even see it using Google. I guess I must have missed one.

Edited September 22, 2016 by keiser31 (see edit history)

[Guest Gettin Older]

Only one I have ever seen, too. Guy died and wife sold it to a collector back east. The doors had leather that rolled over to the exterior where you would rest your elbow when the windows were down. You can see it in first pic.

[keiser31]

As far as the lamps go, you can take the lens out carefully and go to this web site to see if they are listed for a certain make. There is a number around the edge. The guy does not want to identify stuff, but he may already have it listed.....http://www.oldcarlenses.com/index.html

Edited September 22, 2016 by keiser31 (see edit history)

[keiser31]

4 hours ago, Gettin Older said:

Only one I have ever seen, too. Guy died and wife sold it to a collector back east. The doors had leather that rolled over to the exterior where you would rest your elbow when the windows were down. You can see it in first pic.

Is there an actual "Thunderbolt" nameplate on that car?

[wldavis]

In the photo of the rear end, there appears to be some script, right side, below trunk lid.

[keiser31]

1 minute ago, wldavis said:

In the photo of the rear end, there appears to be some script, right side, below trunk lid.

Saw that, but cannot bring it up enough to see it clearly.

[Guest Gettin Older]

I cant make it any clearer with the copies I have either

[Guest Gettin Older]

Here is my best attempt

It may say Imperial?

Edited September 24, 2016 by Gettin Older (see edit history)