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1916-1918 Ford lights

Post by agriscience » Sun Feb 17, 2019 9:20 pm

REMEMBER?????
I seem to remember that a theft occurred in CA of early lights?
I found this add on our local craigslist??
Seemed out of place.
Please forgive me if I am wrong!!!!
1916-1918 Ford Model T Head Lamps solid brass - $1000 (Inland Empire, Ca.)

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Re: 1916-1918 Ford lights

Post by Steve Jelf » Sun Feb 17, 2019 11:08 pm

https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/pts ... 40725.html

Is it suspicious that the seller doesn't know what they are?
The inevitable often happens.
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Re: 1916-1918 Ford lights

Post by Rodger Erickson » Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:27 am

This is an older pair of Gilbert Metal Products lights, probably made in the 1970's. I don't see anything unsavory about this ad, but $1K for these is optimistic to say the least.

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Re: 1916-1918 Ford lights

Post by John Warren » Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:13 am

Steven, Good work putting this on for discussion. Who knows? You may have been,or on to something. Thanks.
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