Good afternoon forum. I need some help in identification of a headlamp similar to a John Brown Model 15. Your help is greatly appreciated
Thanks for your help. Sorry for all the pictures
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You need to remember JNO Brown supplied lamps to other car makers. Those two lamps are quite similar. Sorry no way to identify it except to say it is not for a Ford.
Thanks Royce you don't happen to know anyone that has one they would sell with in reason do you?
John Tannill:
Try Carl Leonard at 970-663-7842 believe that he has some.
My dad "Fast Frank" has this one for sale:
Thanks Dave and Bill, your the best
Put a Ford Bennett on John and looks like your set!
Hey Steve thought of that but the slots for the forks are different. Give me a call some time. Thanks for the suggestion. In your looking around if you find a lamp like the non-Ford let me know. Thanks John
Will do John..... Good to see you back on here I assume things are getting back to normal for you, or at least I hope so.
I have no experience with brass era parts, but I would guess that headlight might be an aftermarket replacement. Just a thought. Dave
David I suspect you may be correct I even thought that it could be an early 50's 60's reproduction attempt where the company did not want to pay the royalties for the Ford insignia, thanks for your opinion.
They usually didn't charge for royalties back in the '50s. I knew a fellow that had a nice side business making brass radiators back in the '60s and '70s. I'll think of his name later. He sold them all over the country. We had a number of discussions back in the '70s about the fact he was not asked to pay royalties. I knew of several other items that were the same way. At some point, Ford decided to go after them, and at first wouldn't even accept royalties. For awhile in the mid '70s, some were made without the Ford name on them.
Just a little hobby history for you.
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2
Fred Stiver!?