Vintage Cars: vintage car, narrow slits, car question
QuestionQUESTION: As a kid I remember a car with narrow slits for headlight lenses - do you know what it was?
ANSWER: I need more info:
- were the slits vertical or horizontal?
- when were you a kid? Was this a car from the 30's or 40's, or later, like the 60's? Can you make a guess as to what year the car was?
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QUESTION: The car was around 1930, with sort of bulbous headlights that had narrow vertical lenses.
AnswerI'll bet what you saw was a car with Woodlite (or sometimes spelled "Woodite") headlights. They were an aftermarket accessory offered in the late 20's- early 30's for most cars, but were rather expensive, so were most often seen on a few luxury makes. The short-lived front-wheel-drive Ruxton had them as standard equipment, and a few other companies offered them as factory options. I always thought they were rather cool looking.