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BillM
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Carbide headlights
Are these for a early T? There being sold as such.
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KWTownsend
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Re: Carbide headlights
Um, a little more information???
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BillM
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Re: Carbide headlights
Sorry about that. I thought it posted.
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love2T's
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Re: Carbide headlights
Brackets just don't look right to me, but there's always that one early car that had something different ha ha.
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Wayne Sheldon
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Re: Carbide headlights
Brackets are NOT Ford or model T, and do not look like anything I would recognize. The headlamps are not shown well enough to identify them.
The forks (brackets) are very unusual. Might be off a truck? Many trucks used acetylene headlamps well into the 1920s.
The forks (brackets) are very unusual. Might be off a truck? Many trucks used acetylene headlamps well into the 1920s.
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speedytinc
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Re: Carbide headlights
Fits "model T" is the catch all car for any old parts.
Typical in eBay offerings.
As always, buyer beware.
Typical in eBay offerings.
As always, buyer beware.
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Mark Gregush
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Re: Carbide headlights
https://www.ebay.com/itm/296886939705?_ ... ts&itmmeta
Could they be used sure but that would depend on how far apart the holes in the mounting brackets are. For what they are, think a bit overpriced and there are lots of carbide lamps on eBay that are correct.
Could they be used sure but that would depend on how far apart the holes in the mounting brackets are. For what they are, think a bit overpriced and there are lots of carbide lamps on eBay that are correct.
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas! 
1925 Cut down pickup
1948 Ford F2 pickup
1925 Cut down pickup
1948 Ford F2 pickup
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bjesplin
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Re: Carbide headlights
They aren’t the type used on a brass T.
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Farmer J
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Re: Carbide headlights
I’m not sure about the headlights, but the brackets sure look like what belongs on my 1906 Cadillac M
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Erik Johnson
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Re: Carbide headlights
Those are later, plain-jane lamps with no brass and were most likely on a truck as others have mentioned.
They aren't worth anywhere near the asking price.
If the brackets are from an early Cadillac, they are worth something but not the asking price.
They aren't worth anywhere near the asking price.
If the brackets are from an early Cadillac, they are worth something but not the asking price.
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BillM
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Re: Carbide headlights
Ok thanks for the help guys. Im just going to pass on them.