| 37ford | -- 06-28-2012 @ 9:18 PM |
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I was wondering how common were the fog lights used in '37? I had been thinking of acquiring a set for my club coupe. thanks
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| ford38v8 | -- 06-28-2012 @ 11:37 PM |
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Jeremy, Nobody knows for sure, but they were likely not nearly as plentiful as they would seem to be. Cars went to the junkyards, but accessories were always salvaged! Alan
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| kubes40 | -- 06-29-2012 @ 5:18 AM |
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CORRECT lamps and the CORRECT switch are quite rare these days.
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| 40cpe | -- 06-29-2012 @ 8:17 AM |
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I've seen several vintage photos from the 30's with them. Attached is a pair on my '38. On the top of the housings is stamped "Approved Penna. 1937" I removed the single element socket and installed 1157 bulbs/sockets and use them as parking and signal lights.
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| keith oh | -- 06-29-2012 @ 9:12 AM |
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My father, a Ford dealer in the 30s, said that usually people had only one yellow fog light mounted on the drivers side. The reason was there was actually not enough room on the right side with the license plate also mounted there. This was true as long as only the very large light was available at that time
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| kubes40 | -- 06-29-2012 @ 10:39 AM |
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Keith, Your Pop has a good memory. Ford did not in fact address the issue your Pop cited until February, 1940. At that time, a design change in the bumper arm was approved. An additional hole was placed in the right - outer arm that would allow the license plate bracket to be moved a bit further outward so the right fog lamp would not be obscured.
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| 40 Coupe | -- 07-01-2012 @ 7:16 AM |
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There were two slightly different "Unity" road lights for the 37. One is early and the second replaced it is the Penn. approved style. Beside there are two switches. If your on a quest, pick up the 37 restoration book offed by this web site, it has photos of both the lights and switches. If your car is to be judged, don't put them on until your sure you have everything correct. If your car is not judged the book will show you the typical style of Unity light and switches offered in 37.
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| 37 Coupe | -- 07-07-2012 @ 9:32 AM |
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All I can say is that there must have been some much wider 1937 license plates than Ohio ones. Picture shows my 37 with my dad's original 37 plate and a good two inches from plate to lamp body. I am using the correct(according to 37 book) Unity lamps and brackets.
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| 37 Coupe | -- 07-07-2012 @ 9:33 AM |
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All I can say is that there must have been some much wider 1937 license plates than Ohio ones. Picture shows my 37 with my dad's original 37 plate and a good two inches from plate to lamp body. I am using the correct(according to 37 book) Unity lamps and brackets.
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| 37 Coupe | -- 07-07-2012 @ 9:36 AM |
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Sorry about the same message and same picture was supposed to be another one straight on that showed clearance better. This message was edited by 37 Coupe on 7-7-12 @ 9:37 AM
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| 37 Coupe | -- 07-07-2012 @ 9:39 AM |
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Another view,I hope
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| kubes40 | -- 07-07-2012 @ 1:55 PM |
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In those days there was no federal regulation to standardize plate size and shape from state to state. Some of us surely recall the PA. and TN. plates shaped like the states borders?
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| DEAN333 | -- 07-07-2012 @ 5:35 PM |
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I have a pair of fog light lamps stamped, "Yankee Clipper". What year[s] would they be correct for?
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| ford38v8 | -- 07-07-2012 @ 6:44 PM |
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Sorry, not Concourse correct for any year, but if they look good to you, that's what's important. Alan
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| 40 Coupe | -- 07-08-2012 @ 3:48 AM |
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37 coupe: Even in OH the size of the plate varied depending upon the number of characters in the plate. I do not believe the placement of the plate frame was a problem in 37. Not until 1940 did the placement become a problem and an extra stamping added to the arm.
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| 37 Coupe | -- 07-08-2012 @ 8:01 AM |
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The 37 Ohio plates I am showing are the 12" long ones,I think room for one or two more characters.
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