Mismatched Head Light Glass in 1936 Fords
 

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When attending car show, have you ever noticed mismatching headlight glasses on 1936 Fords.
Have a look at this pair, and you can see there is a difference in the gap where the smiley face is.
On one glass, it is very close to the horizontal line above it while on the other, there is a larger gap.
I have seen numerous 1936 Fords with mismatching headlight glasses.
Have any other V8ers noticed this slight difference?

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Good eye! If you have the EFV8 book, "1936 - '35 Fords", there is a section dealing with the two different headlight lenses that Ford used

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Never noticed that possible difference.There are also non Ford Script replacement lenses made by Lenex sold by Western Auto,JC Whitney etc.They appear on Ebay often.

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I wonder if there were Federal Gov. photometric requirements back then like there is today. Might explain some differences.

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If I remember correctly there are identifying codes on the lens that you want to match up for a proper pair. Don Rogers , Can you please chime in on this?