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| Cal |
 Jan 24 2017, 08:09 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 618 Joined: 19-November 14 From: Philadelphia Member No.: 18,138 Region Association: North East States  |
I know the original US headlights for our cars were the sealed type and not H4's but who made them Hella or Bosch and what did they look like? Are NOS or reproductions currently available today? What would the concours judges consider correct?
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| Cal |
Feb 19 2017, 07:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 618 Joined: 19-November 14 From: Philadelphia Member No.: 18,138 Region Association: North East States |
Thanks for posting the photos Steve. Both of my headlights are General Electric sealed beam halogens.....I'm not sure if they're original. Did Hella offer sealed beam headlights for the US market?
I've been temped to install the Hella H4 E-code units that are made in Germany that bus depot currently sells. http://www.busdepot.com/0301600118 Here are a couple of photos of my current headlights. Attached thumbnail(s)  
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Feb 20 2017, 04:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 714 Joined: 28-July 14 From: Ephraim Wisconsin Member No.: 17,695 Region Association: Upper MidWest 
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Jeff, I got a response back today from the original owner of my '73 2.0. He said that the General Electric sealed beams that are in the car now are definitely the originals. So we at least know that GE's were original on some of the '73's. Not sure what others might know about other years.
I feel so fortunate to be able to just fire an email over to Jim the original owner of my car when I have a question like this. He's a wealth of info and, of course, I keep all of these emails for future reference. Regards, Steve QUOTE(Cal @ Feb 19 2017, 08:32 PM)  Thanks for posting the photos Steve. Both of my headlights are General Electric sealed beam halogens.....I'm not sure if they're original. Did Hella offer sealed beam headlights for the US market? I've been temped to install the Hella H4 E-code units that are made in Germany that bus depot currently sells. http://www.busdepot.com/0301600118 Here are a couple of photos of my current headlights. |
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Cal Correct US headlights Jan 24 2017, 08:09 PM
914Sixer Hella, Bosch and Cibie made H-4. Bosch and Hella ... Jan 24 2017, 08:34 PM
Tom_T
Hella, Bosch and Cibie made H-4. Bosch and Hella... Jan 25 2017, 01:25 PM 914Next
I know the original US headlights for our cars we... Feb 18 2017, 10:16 PM arne Neither Hella nor Bosch made sealed beams. Feb 19 2017, 09:14 PM Cal Steve, thanks for confirming that your GE's we... Feb 20 2017, 04:48 PM scallyk9 On purchase, my '74 2.0 had one Wagner and one... Feb 20 2017, 09:31 PM |
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