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Classic Cars 54 Chevy Bel Air hartop
36 messages, Last post on Aug 16, 2009 at 6:20 PM
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Quad headlights were available on some Chrysler cars in the states that permitted them. Of course, in 1958, everyone had them.
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Replying to: isellhondas (Sep 08, 2007 1:53 pm) Yeah, I think that's why they didn't offer a kit for '57 Chrysler cars! You couldn't get quads on a '57 Dodge, Plymouth, or DeSoto Firesweep, but you could always just convert it, using 1958 parts. And the Chryslers, Imperials, and bigger DeSotos just offered them from the get-go in '57, in the states that had them legal. I saw a one-off concept of a '57 Bonneville that had quad headlights, and it was actually pretty sharp looking. The fenders were actually redesigned to take the headlights though, so they weren't just stuck on as afterthoughts like those '58 Packardbakers. Another nasty quad setup that just popped into my mind is the 1957 Mecury. |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Sep 08, 2007 3:23 pm) That car should have never happened.
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Replying to: isellhondas (Sep 08, 2007 3:59 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Sep 09, 2007 7:04 am) An unfitting end to a great marque. |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Sep 08, 2007 10:56 am)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Sep 08, 2007 1:40 pm) |
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Replying to: lemko (Sep 11, 2007 9:42 am) Never once, in my youth did I see a car with blue dot tailights but now, they seem to be the rage on old cars. |
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Replying to: isellhondas (Sep 08, 2007 1:53 pm) If I recall correctly, that Nash and the 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham were the first cars with quad headlights as standard equipment.
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Replying to: grbeck (Sep 13, 2007 8:27 am) I remember reading somewhere that the Nash was technically illegal in some states, because of that "true" quad headlight setup. But they sold so few of them, something on the order of 5,000 units, that nobody really cared. I used to think that the '57 Lincoln had true quad headlights too, but didn't it actually have a standard sized single headlight on top and a smaller driving light below it, to give that look?
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