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Old 10-22-2010, 05:24 PM   #1
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Has anyone seen the accessory headlights called "wood lites" ? They were introduced in 1929 but apparently the company went out of business shortly after they were introduced. I was reading about them but love to see what they look like.
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Old 10-22-2010, 05:38 PM   #2
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Don,

Type the word "woodlites" in the "Search This fourm" box.

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Old 10-22-2010, 05:42 PM   #3
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When you will see them and what they look like ,,then you would know why they went out of Business in a short time.
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Old 10-22-2010, 05:56 PM   #4
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They were generally used on big cars of the era, 1929/30 Cord L29s come to mind. A very narrow vertical beam as I remember. Pete is right, not particularly appealing.
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Old 10-22-2010, 06:04 PM   #5
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I had a chance to buy a pair of them at an antique shop in S.D. about 20 years ago. Had I known more about them I probably would have bought them, but they were pretty ugly.
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Old 10-22-2010, 06:14 PM   #6
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Old 10-22-2010, 07:08 PM   #7
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They were standard equipment on an obscure auto called the Ruxton, a high dollar car that also had a short run. They are classy looking art-deco lights, but quite worthless if you actually needed to see where you were going. They would look WAY out of place on an "A".
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Old 10-22-2010, 07:44 PM   #8
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Old 10-22-2010, 11:22 PM   #9
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they just dont look good on a Model A
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Old 10-23-2010, 01:18 AM   #10
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Headlights, I'm a Lucas P 100 fan.
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