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Old 06-05-2020, 10:47 AM   #1
theHIGHLANDER
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Default 1937-39 std headlight lens numbers...?

I'll start by saying the topic is mostly moot. I shaggin a 39 std tudor together and once in a while I find little details, like the numbers on the glass headlight lenses. Near the top there's a '3' in the fluted area of 2 of them (I have 4), the top of the other says '1'. At the bottom it's got '81A' and below that I have 2 number '41' and another that's '10' and still another that's '24' ( I think that was it). The reason I said moot is that no matter what I have 4 lenses in wonderful condition, 2 for the car and a couple spares since they are glass after all.

Do the numbers mean anything? Are they shifts? Supplier codes? Dates? Random identities? I already know that '81A' is 38, and much like several other features of the 39 std, like bright windsheild frames and dual wipers, they're carryover from the previous year deluxe when used on 39s. Moot point? Quest for ever more historical knowledge? Morbid curiosity? Yes, yes, and yes. Thanks in advance...
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