1920's Head Lights

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Need to purchase two headlights that mount on the cowl of a 1925 IH Speed Truck. I need the housings, bezels, lenses and mounting brackets.

Greetings,
We talked via phone on Sunday.
Please send me an email and I'll send photos.
I do have a matching pair. marty mersch6 at gmail.com
-m

These are getting harder to find now a days I had Mike send me a couple over a few years back as I will need them for the 26 resto. If you needed to you could get a metal spinner to make you up some but that would be pricey.

Trevor

Greatly appreciated, my email address is brighad at algonquincollege dot com

Looks like Marty has a set for me, I appreciate all the help.

I am still looking for the housings and lenses if anyone has them, let me know

The Guide Ray lights and lenses come up for sale on ebay occasionally.

I didn't know the name, thanks. I've been looking for drum shaped headlights, nothing comes up for IH.

Try Headlight Headquarters

Don Axelrod
35 Timson St.
Lynn, MA 01902

781-598-0523

hdlthqtrs@aol.com

Same basic headlight was used on tractors with a "TractorGuide" lens and a different retaining ring. So tractor nguys are snatching these truck lights up as well to put lighting kits on early tractors.
Guide was a division of GM by some point in 20s, likely one of W.C. Durant's acquisitions.

Bill

Some 20s Chevys used the same basic Guide drum bucket stamping but the mounting bracket was different and the cable entry hole was in the back of the bucket rather than by the mounting bracket as the truck lights. Note that truck lights have right and left.
If you have the mounting brackets from a set of totally rusted out truck lights a pair of these Chevy lights could be reworked into truck lights.
These Chevy lights also had fluted reflectors and different lens and retaining band, so really all that could be used would be the basic drum bucket if you want a fully authentic set of lights.
It would still be far cheaper than having a new set of buckets fabricated.
Bill