Lucas P700 headlights

[ALF]

Lucas Sealed Beam would be correct
Period correct headlamps

[Dan Case]

Originally Posted by ALF

Lucas Sealed Beam would be correct
Period correct headlamps

From AC Cars, left hand drive* CSXxxxx chassis, a model of Lucas® sealed beam. Multiple versions from the mid 1960s look the same installed in the car but numbers and marking wise on the back there are variations.

From Shelby American, it was not uncommon for cars loaned out and or used in magazine road test to have American GE® sealed beam lamps installed.

For those that might not know, lamps made for left hand drive cars have light patterns aimed the opposite way as lamps for right hand drive. In the 1980s-1990s some of the "cheap" new old stock Lucas lamps of all designs were ones for right hand drive cars, which are of little use at night in North America.;

[xb-60]

Good information, as always.
Thanks all.

Cheers,
Glen

[patrickt]

Unless you have an original car, go with what looks "cooler" to your eye. To me, nothing looks as cool as my Lucas lights.

[sgianino]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Unless you have an original car, go with what looks "cooler" to your eye. To me, nothing looks as cool as my Lucas lights.

Hi Patrick,
Would you remember where you purchased your Lucas Lights ? Also anything special you had to do to fit them to your ERA , like the chrome bezel around stays the same?

[patrickt]

I got them from Moss Motors, but I just went there to their page and their Lucas Tripods now don't look like the ones I got 15 years ago.

[patrickt]

These off of Amazon look closer to mine than the Moss ones do.
https://www.amazon.com/Lucas-Tri-bar.../dp/B01LFP2O0C

[cycleguy55]

Originally Posted by Dan Case

From AC Cars, left hand drive* CSXxxxx chassis, a model of Lucas® sealed beam. Multiple versions from the mid 1960s look the same installed in the car but numbers and marking wise on the back there are variations.

From Shelby American, it was not uncommon for cars loaned out and or used in magazine road test to have American GE® sealed beam lamps installed.

For those that might not know, lamps made for left hand drive cars have light patterns aimed the opposite way as lamps for right hand drive. In the 1980s-1990s some of the "cheap" new old stock Lucas lamps of all designs were ones for right hand drive cars, which are of little use at night in North America.;

This provides some idea of the different patterns:

[ALF]

Out of my archive




And the SL576 as mentioned by John