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mercman from oz · 07-11-2025, 08:43 PM

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?

TagMan · 07-11-2025, 09:15 PM

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

deuce lover · 07-12-2025, 07:09 AM

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.

mfirth · 07-12-2025, 07:32 AM

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

uncle buck · 07-14-2025, 09:19 AM

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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?

07-11-2025, 08:43 PM	#1
mercman from oz Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 12,568	Mismatched Head Light Glass in 1936 Fords 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?

07-11-2025, 09:15 PM	#2
TagMan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Alvaton, Kentucky, USA Posts: 976	Re: Mismatched Head Light Glass in 1936 Fords 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

07-12-2025, 07:09 AM	#3
deuce lover Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rockwall TX Posts: 6,018	Re: Mismatched Head Light Glass in 1936 Fords 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. Last edited by deuce lover; 07-12-2025 at 07:43 AM.

07-12-2025, 07:32 AM	#4
mfirth Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: ohio Posts: 1,165	Re: Mismatched Head Light Glass in 1936 Fords I wonder if there were Federal Gov. photometric requirements back then like there is today. Might explain some differences.

07-14-2025, 09:19 AM	#5
uncle buck Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Snohomish,WA Posts: 1,131	Re: Mismatched Head Light Glass in 1936 Fords Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) 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?