Some headlights on my modified - really rare and ugly. [Archive]

Kevin Lee

12-10-2003, 06:48 PM

I was excited when I got these because I thought they would look really neat on my car. Now I mocked them up and I've decided they really don't fit my car very well. All in favor say "aye".

Kevin Lee

12-10-2003, 06:48 PM

"nay"?

Johnny Sparkle

12-10-2003, 06:51 PM

I like them. What would they look like upside down and a little farther back?

FeO2

12-10-2003, 06:52 PM

They might look better if they were set back..but I think they might be too big.Cool lights though..

12-10-2003, 06:55 PM

I don't think they fit the track nose look,I'm not even sure if the big 32's would look good,can't really tell with out seeing.This is where the photoshop guys come in show us some looks with different lights,I'm thinking something small.--TV http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

12-10-2003, 06:57 PM

I like em. The Passenger side looks like it is sitting too far out. It would be cool if the grill hole matched the shape of the headlights but it be tuff to make it look right.
Clark

daddylama

12-10-2003, 07:01 PM

hmmm... i like 'em. a lot.

D Picasso

12-10-2003, 07:07 PM

they're completely cool. why are you even asking?

put 'em on and do not look back.

Curt Six

12-10-2003, 07:10 PM

They remind me of "The Scream". http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I actually like them, but maybe inset a little bit more like some others mentioned...

That's going to be a really neat car, by the way!

gettingreasy

12-10-2003, 07:14 PM

They might be a tad large, but I think the shape goes good with the car. Maybe a lil' further back and they'll look good.
-Jesse

DrJ

12-10-2003, 07:15 PM

I think they look too "Limousine "
Too much like they belong on a staid old big car like a Packard or a Nash

praisethelowered

12-10-2003, 07:15 PM

Fuck yes! a bit farther back and with a grill in it iand they will look right at home. I think anything would look huge without the grill in the shell.

BARNETT

12-10-2003, 07:29 PM

I think they look cool, but if you don't like 'em, send 'em this way! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

12-10-2003, 07:34 PM

Here I did a quick photoshop. Moved the lights down and in a little and reshaped the openning. The chin looks a little big now (Jay Leno will like it http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif) I'm not that good at photoshop so I didn't add grill bars. .
Clark

PEDDRO

12-10-2003, 07:48 PM

Like the lights. Like the grill. Positioned as per Clark's photshop.

Will be recognisable FOR SURE!!

Elrusto

12-10-2003, 07:56 PM

Yea! Do it to it!!

choprods

12-10-2003, 08:15 PM

Put them as low as you can and as far back as possible and leave that grill the same as it is......I say keep em.

hillbillyhellcat

12-10-2003, 08:19 PM

I think they would look better canted.

dondanno

12-10-2003, 08:21 PM

I also like what Clark did...Danny

lakesmod

12-10-2003, 08:24 PM

I like them.
Fred

OGNC

12-10-2003, 08:25 PM

I would move them back and as close to the radiator shell as possible. But I would keep those lights, they look tough as hell!

12-10-2003, 08:33 PM

Yes, I agree if the grill was reshaped at the bottom to the shape of the lights,then they work,but I dought Grim wants that much work just to use the headlights.--TV http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

SKR8PN

12-10-2003, 08:44 PM

Do the front end JUST LIKE CLARK has it in his photochop...
USE the lights and reshape the opening a bit..........
THAT my friend would be bitchen............

Jeff Norwell

12-10-2003, 08:52 PM

AYE...nice lights and even nicer modified.

Unkl Ian

12-10-2003, 08:53 PM

I think they are an interesting shape.
Moving them back and down would make them look smaller.
Painting them to match the body might make them look smaller.

But even so,they appear larger than a regular sealed beam.
And it's that extra size and visual weight that could conflict
with the minimalist racecar inspired styling.It could go either way.

What do the look like upside down? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Dirty Dug

12-10-2003, 08:56 PM

I'd move them back far enough that they're behind the car, on the floor, where we can't see them. Try something round. IMHO. dirty dug

Levis Classic

12-10-2003, 08:56 PM

I say spin them around and take a look!

Fat Hack

12-10-2003, 09:01 PM

Cool and different looking...I'd run with 'em!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

fab32

12-10-2003, 09:36 PM

I think they are cool lights, but need So-What's treatment or something similar. The thing thats nice about them is the fact they are DIFFERENT, and that is good IMO.

Frank

nobux

12-10-2003, 09:45 PM

Cool car, unusual headlights. I just don't think they go together. Just my input.

MercMan1951

12-10-2003, 09:45 PM

I like 'em too. Maybe by being "different" now, you'll start a new trend and skyrocket the price of the ones you've got... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

hatch

12-10-2003, 09:45 PM

I'd just tuck em in as close to the shell as possible

BLAKE

12-10-2003, 10:00 PM

I kinda like 'em like that!

horty

12-10-2003, 10:08 PM

I really like those headlights and I thinh what hatch and so what said is right on, oh and finish the car. later horty

PEDDRO

12-10-2003, 10:23 PM

I want some o' those headlights now! How much? Can I buy them? (That oughta drive the price up on eBay!!)

I think that we have a majority in agreement here. Keep the lights. Adjust position and you're on a winner.

the-rodster

12-10-2003, 10:45 PM

Be different, make a statment! I think that they look killer!

p.s. What's the bike on the side? I'm guessing mid sixties Honda CB?

lulabelle

12-10-2003, 10:46 PM

I think they look cool!But who cares what I think.

Tinbender

12-10-2003, 10:48 PM

I never liked them on anything else, but some how they work on your modified! I'd run um. Different is good!

delaware george

12-10-2003, 10:57 PM

they are cool...that's not a hard item to change that much...i plan on having a bunch of different headlights,wheels,air cleaners,and a hood.those items dramaticly change a car...and are easy to change...so my ride doesn't ever get stale....that's if it evers gets done http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

HOTRODPRIMER

12-10-2003, 10:57 PM

Hell,i'm gonna PEE in the pool,,,,put them in a box and sell them on E-gay,,,,,,Then get some small 48 Ford tractor headlights and really make a statement with unusual lights! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gifHRP

Rocky

12-10-2003, 10:57 PM

They gotta be in close to the shell like Hatch said. Tell ya what, I got a pair of repop 33 commercials with halogen bulbs and turn signals inside the lenses, almost new. I'd trade you for those droopy mo-fo's....Or, my great big flat-lense lights.

tommy

12-11-2003, 08:14 AM

I like 'em. There is a blurb about them in the new Street Rod Builder.

Missing Link

12-11-2003, 08:34 AM

What about rotating them 90deg in either direction. Might be interesting, might suck, i don't know. hmmm, rotated 90deg and relocated outside the front frame horns...??? I have no photoshop or I would do it.

TomH

12-11-2003, 09:01 AM

I like what Clark did with the matching grill. My question is do you have lenes that will let the light get out in front of the car. We tryed makeing up a lens for a buddys E&J, didn't work out. went to a snowmobile seal beam.

12-11-2003, 09:09 AM

I have mixed emotions about them.
They do look better after the photo-shopping and especially so after the grille shell was filled.

I do like the "Dare to be Different" aspect about them, but simply being different isn't always good.

What I think would help many of us to make a better informed decision would be to roll the car out into the daylight and shoot a photo from farther back.
I'm guessing that as close as the camera appears to be to the car right now, the headlights look larger than they really are.
Sorta like the difference between shooting a portrait up close which will not reflect the beauty/handsomeness of the subject due to the perspective problem and using a portrait lense and moving the camera back a way so you see the subject as they truly appear.

Maybe a side and 3/4 view while you're at it.

roadstar

12-11-2003, 09:32 AM

TO me they look big and stupid. Sorry I don't feel just being different relates to something cool. They don't even come close to being anything traditional. To me they kill the look of the track nose, which is different enough to begin with.

They might be interesting on another style of car.

Kevin Lee

12-11-2003, 09:58 AM

Well, the headlight stands were made to work with a different light so that's why they are positioned where they are. They do look better closer to the nose but they still aren't quite right.

I think SoWhat's version looks pretty cool...but TV is right. I don't like it enough to be into a major rework just to use these lights.

I guess I was excited because they were different....and that's about it. They're too big. The big negative is they're not racey looking at all...that's not a good thing for a race car. So far I think I like dirty dug's response the best hahaha.

They are coming off but I'm going to keep them around for a while. Maybe they'll eventually go on something a little more "crazy hot rod" and a little less "early lakes car". Done.

Petejoe

12-11-2003, 10:16 AM

I kinda like them. I think they would look good, you just need to find the right combination of position and stance. Would someone position them like sowhat but mount them <font color="red"> upside down ? </font>

whizzerick

12-11-2003, 10:20 AM

IMHO, they are not streamlined enough...
I'd go with ivory painted or chrome E & J's:

Bruce Lancaster

12-11-2003, 10:35 AM

I'm tending to agree with small and simple for the lights, but...
Odd question. What do they look like BACKWARDS? Track roadsters are often shown with lights rotated 180 in a feeble try at streamling...I'm guessing there's an interesting and simpler shape right behind there...

Kevin Lee

12-11-2003, 10:38 AM

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I'd go with ivory painted or chrome E & J's:

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Haha, yeah I would too. And if I were you I would put my next Wizzer conversion on an Elgin Bluebird. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Kevin Lee

12-11-2003, 11:05 AM

Bruce - I hear you with the backwards lights. I'll give that a shot tonight. I wonder what the legal ramifications of driving around with your lights pointed backwards are? Or what about NO HEADLIGHTS AT ALL in the daytime? My entire light bar/spreader bar unbolts and could be stored in a very small space even with the lights still attached. I designed it that way so I could take the lights off and put them back on without having to re-aim them. Suppose it doesn't matter what lights I use if they're behind the seat most of the day. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Nads

12-11-2003, 12:05 PM

Grimlok, I like those headlights a LOT. I think they look really great on your car.
You should be really happy to have a pair of lights like that. They'd look stupid on my '34 but on your modified they're the tits.
UI urge you to keep 'em and run 'em.

whizzerick

12-11-2003, 12:05 PM

Er... yeah. Point taken... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Haha, yeah I would too. And if I were you I would put my next Wizzer conversion on an Elgin Bluebird. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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toledobill

12-11-2003, 01:29 PM

Just one old guy's opinion, but after seeing the various treatments with the headlights in question, the photos with the round lights look disappointing. Maybe the first lights didn't fit the track roadster or lakes modified theme, but they sure fit the really-early-years theme and made the car memorable. Like I said, just an old fart's opinion.

DrJ

12-11-2003, 02:51 PM

I'd put a pair of Sportster size King Bee's on it and save those lights for a Resto-Coupe with matching cowl lamps and a luggage rack.

Tim

12-11-2003, 03:15 PM

hmm whatever you end up with keep em close to the grill shell

lakes modified

12-12-2003, 02:10 AM

Hey: those suckers look great. i'd move them back , so the face of the lites matches the back edge of the grill shell. try it and see how it looks. that way they don't over power the grill shell and look smaller as someone else noted.. if not, sell them to me and i'll do it on my modified, as that's how i have mine located and it look fine.