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#30 of 36 Re: I know I could look this up... [andre1969] by lemko

Sep 11, 2007 (10:46 am)

Replying to: andre1969 (Sep 08, 2007 2:40 pm)
Shoot, my Dad has an old Mechanix Illustrated "How To Do It" encyclopedia that shows you how to update a dual headlight system to a quad system on a 1957 Ford. Believe me, the results are WEIRD!!! It must look super strange on a 1957 Chevrolet.

#31 of 36 Re: I know I could look this up... [lemko] by isellhondas

Sep 13, 2007 (8:19 am)

Replying to: lemko (Sep 11, 2007 10:42 am)
I agree.
 
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.

#32 of 36 Re: In 1957 [isellhondas] by grbeck

Sep 13, 2007 (9:27 am)

Replying to: isellhondas (Sep 08, 2007 2:53 pm)
The 1957 Nash Ambassador had quad headlights, too.
 
If I recall correctly, that Nash and the 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham were the first cars with quad headlights as standard equipment.

#33 of 36 Re: In 1957 [grbeck] by andre1969

Sep 13, 2007 (10:00 am)

Replying to: grbeck (Sep 13, 2007 9:27 am)
The 1957 Nash Ambassador had quad headlights, too.
 
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?

#34 of 36 Re: In 1957 [andre1969] by lemko

Sep 13, 2007 (12:45 pm)

Replying to: andre1969 (Sep 13, 2007 10:00 am)
That's pretty much what the headlamps on the '57 Lincoln were like. I don't understand why they didn't do something like that for the '57 Plymouth instead of having a inner parking lamp with a weird-looking star shaped bezel.

#35 of 36 Re: In 1957 [andre1969] by grbeck

Sep 14, 2007 (8:01 am)

Replying to: andre1969 (Sep 13, 2007 10:00 am)
Andre, the Lincoln did have a smaller driving light below the single headlight to make it look as though the car had dual headlights. It looked awkward...the 1956 Lincoln front was much better.
 
Of course, the tailfins grafted on to the 1956 Lincoln to create the 1957 model didn't help, either.

#36 of 36 Re: In 1957 [isellhondas] by besthubcaps1

Aug 16, 2009 (7:20 pm)

Replying to: isellhondas (Sep 08, 2007 4:59 pm)
The end of Packard was certainly a sad day and I owned some of the early 50's models and certainly appreciate the fine old Packards from before but in my mind the saving grace in the 58 is that it was a relative to the 53 Studebaker Lowey coupe. I am a lover of all old cars, especially the 50's and if Packard had to go why not with a reference to what I feel was truly a true classic design in the 53 Lowey.

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