...to which I do not know the answer:
What's the latest production car with 7" round headlights? I know Range Rovers had them until the early '90s...I think. Anybody else?
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Dec. 30, 2008 6:32 p.m. alex Reader
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Dec. 30, 2008 6:35 p.m. jrw1621 Reader
Legally Imported Mexican Beetles
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Dec. 30, 2008 6:38 p.m. alex Reader
Ooh. Good answer. Just out of curiosity, what year was that?
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Dec. 30, 2008 6:50 p.m. JThw8 Dork
Arent Jeeps still using 7" round?
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Dec. 30, 2008 6:52 p.m. Carson HalfDork
Miatas had them through '97
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Dec. 30, 2008 7:23 p.m. Carson HalfDork
In reply to derekshannon:
He's looking for the latest production vehicle.
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Dec. 30, 2008 7:34 p.m. Carson HalfDork
It looks like 2006 Hummer H1 and 2006 Jeep Wrangler
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductGuide.aspx?mfrcode=SYL&mfrpartnumber=H6024
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Dec. 30, 2008 8:36 p.m. jrw1621 Reader
I think the question is about "Sealed Beam" headlights.
Some info from Wikipidia but not an exact answer to the question:
In 1940, the US government mandated a system of two 7 in. (178 mm) round sealed beam headlamps on all vehicles. Headlamp styling in the United States virtually ceased for many decades after this event.
Not who was the last but rather who was the first...
In 1983, the 44-year-old US headlamp regulations were amended to allow replaceable-bulb, nonstandard-shape, architectural headlamps with aerodynamic lenses. The first U.S.-market car since 1939 with composite headlamps was the 1984 Lincoln Mark VII.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headlamp
Last round sealed beam, I dont know but my bet for last dual square sealed beam is the Dodge Omni/Plymouth Horizon 4 door twins.
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Dec. 30, 2008 10:02 p.m. Carson HalfDork
My info was for sealed beam also. I did a search for Sylvania H6024 which is a sealed beam 7"
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Dec. 30, 2008 10:26 p.m. noisycricket Reader
The FC RX-7 used the large square at least until 1992. Not sure after that.
However, Ford makes a point of using them on their "work" truck lineup, especially the vans, because it cuts costs. I think even the seriously butt ugly new ones use them, buried somewhere in all that WTF.
I am kind of a fan of sealed beams. No matter what car it is, you know that they're going to work, and they aren't obnoxious. There's a special place in hell for the person who came up with the "lighting" system on the Cirrus/Stratus (fine example of headlights that simply do not work) as well as the guy behind the last-gen Celica and the New Beetle, which are easily the headlights voted Most Likely to Make The Guy In Front Of You Jump Out and Fix Them With A Hammer. Even HIDs are not as annoying. And I say "the guy" because as pessimistic as I am, I cannot believe that there are TWO people so irresponsibly sadistic as to independently design such hardware.
Er, yeah. Got sidetracked a little bit. Anyway, sealed beams rock.
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Dec. 30, 2008 11:43 p.m. alex Reader
Carson wrote:
Miatas had them through '97
Damn, maybe the answer really is always Miata.
But yeah, your speculation is right: I'm looking for latest production car/truck with classic 7" rounds. Lots of current production bikes still use them (they're projector beams now, but they stick to the 7" round theme), but I've always been curious about the last car/truck, only because the boss has a Range Rover with 'em, and that plain connection to older cars and trucks just struck me one day.
No particular reason. Just curious.
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Feb. 3, 2009 5:47 a.m. 914Driver Dork
jrw1621 wrote:
In 1940, the US government mandated a system of two 7 in. (178 mm) round sealed beam headlamps on all vehicles. Headlamp styling in the United States virtually ceased for many decades after this event.
The Gov't was petitioned by Sylvania to mandate that citing "safety". Sylvania holds the patent and had a pretty good ride for 40 years.
Dan
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Feb. 3, 2009 10:11 a.m. 93celicaGT2 HalfDork
noisycricket wrote:
The FC RX-7 used the large square at least until 1992. Not sure after that.
However, Ford makes a point of using them on their "work" truck lineup, especially the vans, because it cuts costs. I think even the seriously butt ugly new ones use them, buried somewhere in all that WTF.
I am kind of a fan of sealed beams. No matter what car it is, you know that they're going to work, and they aren't obnoxious. There's a special place in hell for the person who came up with the "lighting" system on the Cirrus/Stratus (fine example of headlights that simply do not work) as well as the guy behind the last-gen Celica and the New Beetle, which are easily the headlights voted Most Likely to Make The Guy In Front Of You Jump Out and Fix Them With A Hammer. Even HIDs are not as annoying. And I say "the guy" because as pessimistic as I am, I cannot believe that there are TWO people so irresponsibly sadistic as to independently design such hardware.
Er, yeah. Got sidetracked a little bit. Anyway, sealed beams rock.
93 Celica used sealed beam. H6054.
