History single yellow spot light

Yeah, my thought too..

 

This photo from The V-8 Album, the accessory road light as it was called was a $5 option in 39.

 

Mount on the same side as the steering wheel, and then aim it to the center of your driving lane. Mounted as such, it is angled away from the on coming traffic. Not blinding drivers coming at you is a good idea.
The reason there is a headlight height law is because, the lower the headlights are mounted, the more they shine into oncoming drivers eyes. Fog lights are usually mounted very low. Mounting one, not two, fog lights allows for the one fog light to be aimed like I stated above. A second light would mostly just annoy oncoming drivers. Mounting two is more for "balanced looks" than anything.

 

I'm going with this trio of King Bee's on my '14 single seater Bob tailed T speedster build I'm doing , the plan is to have them all move with the steering......my brother found all three lights and the original King Bee's fog lamp switch hanging in a old barn he cleaned out

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Single fog light left side for me, just like the look.

 

I only had one light

 

and I put it on the right to light the shoulder up

 

Fog light was used in damp areas that got a lot of fog. The fog reflects the light of your headlights back at you, making a white glare and reducing visibility. The yellow light is supposed to give less glare, and be mounted low so it goes under the fog. In theory you could see farther with a small amount of yellow light, which made less glare, than with your regular headlights. Also made less glare in the eyes of oncoming drivers.

They would be pretty useless on today's hiways at today's speeds, but on the regular roads of the 30s and 40s you could drive along at 20 or 30 MPH even in fog with reasonable safety.

 

Very cool beans here...The King Bee fog light is a hard one to come by these days.....But they sure look kool!

 

Wish I hadn't opened this thread, now I want one.
We do get lots of fog in our country areas.

 

I just happen to have 2 very nice original King Bee Fogs that I just had re-nickeled plated if ya are interested in one or 2. $150.00 each. PM me if interested

 

i believe the reason for one light was that the charging system could barely handle the headlights, so adding two more would put your ammeter pegged the wrong way. fords three brush system up to 1940 was weak, two brush from 40 on could at least make 35 amps, double that of the 28 to 40 three brush jobs

 

Great idea!

 

Nice headlights you got there. Do they have a brand name ?

 

no name visible. Bought them at a yard sale. A guy had them on a tractor used for plowing snow. When I asked the price he said "$5" When I was reaching for my wallet he added "each"..... duh, no brainer!