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Offline Tom

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4 Headlight system
« on: March 13, 2008 5:38 pm »
If I remember right is was 1958 when the big 3 starting using the 4 headlight system. 2 would have high and low beam and 2 would be high beam only. If you were to use a set of the high and low beam lamps only is there a noticeable loss when in the high beam mode?? Any body have any experience with this??
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RE: 4 Headlight system
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2008 5:49 pm »
Do you have two hi beams burned out and don't want to spring for new bulbs? I'm sure you would notice a difference but It would be like driving a 57 chevy pu compared to a 58.
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« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2008 5:55 pm »
had this sitting arould thought it was kind of cool must have been a problem back then
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RE: 4 headlight system
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2008 6:17 pm »
That is a cool looking realy.
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Re: 4 Headlight system
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2008 12:19 am »
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If you were to use a set of the high and low beam lamps only


I don't get what you're asking.

My chevelle has 4 like that. 2 on low, all 4 on high. After awhile at night, my lights start to blink (run out of juice or something) on high beam until I turn the highs off.
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RE: Re: 4 Headlight system
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2008 2:14 am »
i would think that there would be a difference.  since only two lights would be on instead of four.  my catalina has the 4 lamp system and is very bright when the hight beam is on (all 4 lamps).  i guess what i am saying is 4 is better than 2.
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RE: Re: 4 Headlight system
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2008 1:51 pm »
As usual I didn't give enough info. Want to do a custom treatment to the front of my 4d Chevy and use the high, low beam head light from the 4 headlight system. They are smaller in size than the 2 system style which I have now. If they are available in halogen style I bet they would be brighter than they were back in fifties.
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RE: Re: 4 Headlight system
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2008 2:03 pm »
Are you planning on doing it b4 Toppers?
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Re: RE: Re: 4 Headlight system
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2008 2:23 pm »
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Are you planning on doing it b4 Toppers?


ha ha, as fuckin' slow as I am I'll be lucky to have the bag job done by then.

I had the carb off and rebushed the throtle plates. Started it the other day and it runs like shit, so I got that to do that also before toppers.
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RE: Re: RE: Re: 4 Headlight system
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2008 2:26 pm »
New name   Kustom Tom. :)
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RE: Re: RE: Re: 4 Headlight system
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2008 3:25 pm »
Kustom Tom...I like that!  Well you and Dallas can talk kustoms and KOA, AND you can get a matching George Barris jacket like Dallas :)
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RE: Re: RE: Re: 4 Headlight system
« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2008 3:25 pm »
so you want to put 5" bulbs in si`?
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RE: Re: RE: Re: 4 Headlight system
« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2008 3:33 pm »
Yes Ross, that's the plan.
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RE: Re: RE: Re: 4 Headlight system
« Reply #13 on: March 14, 2008 7:13 pm »
oh, i get it. SWEET!
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Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: 4 Headlight system
« Reply #14 on: March 14, 2008 7:34 pm »
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, AND you can get a matching George Barris jacket like Dallas :)


Sorry Blain but I'm not a big fan of George, he thinks he such a ladys man, and at one time he may have been. But now I don't Viagra could get it up.  :wink:

Now Sam (and George's early work) was tits!! I offen wounder if Sam had lived as long as George what the Barris name would be remember as.
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