headlight sockets

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Originally Posted by thom

I've discovered that the sockets in the headlight buckets in our '28 coupe are cheaply made, probably Chinese. I don't believe they will ever work correctly. Contact will be made places where it shouldn't. I wish I had some originals in any condition to look at. I would like to see the difference in them and what I have. I have no idea where the ones I have came from as they where in the car when we got it.

Hi Thom,
Yes, you are describing what I found too, though I don’t know where my headlight sockets were made. The high beam terminal in the socket on one light was just barely touching the socket and would short out intermittently. That was sure hard to find! Jeff