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barnstuf · 12-06-2017, 07:36 PM

There was a change in the original headlamp switches from short to longer. I do not have access to my Judging Standards to quote the date but I am thinking perhaps early 1930. This change made a different bale necessary. The replacement bale made today is for the later and longer switch, and the theory is you can bend a kink into it to make it fit the shorter switch if that is the type switch you have. The longer switch was used into the V8 years around 1939 I believe.

Original bales therefore were made in two length types, and the original shorter one is now somewhat hard to find.

12-06-2017, 07:36 PM	#2
barnstuf Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Cape Cod MA Posts: 2,840	Re: Headlight Switch Bail There was a change in the original headlamp switches from short to longer. I do not have access to my Judging Standards to quote the date but I am thinking perhaps early 1930. This change made a different bale necessary. The replacement bale made today is for the later and longer switch, and the theory is you can bend a kink into it to make it fit the shorter switch if that is the type switch you have. The longer switch was used into the V8 years around 1939 I believe. Original bales therefore were made in two length types, and the original shorter one is now somewhat hard to find.