[DeTomaso] headlight housing question

[Doug Braun]

Chris,

	This depends on what brand of lamps you have there.  AFIK DeTomaso use
sealed beams, not housings with separate bulbs so what you have is likely
not stock.  An inexpensive alternative is to use sealed beam halogen
Silverstars by Sylvania.  I can show them to you on my MACH1 tomorrow night.

Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Christopher Kimball
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:30 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] headlight housing question


Does anyone know if I can get the light bulb lenses for my early '72 at a
local auto parts store?  Is there a cross-reference part number to another,
more common car's lenses I can use?

When trouble-shooting a high beam that wouldn't work (turns out it was a
wire that became disconnected at the fuse box) I took out both headlights
and found the previous owner had over-tightened the headlight mounting ring
and cracked both glass housings.  I hadn't noticed it before.  The halogen
bulbs are fine, but I'd like to replace the glass lens/housing on both
sides.

I can continue to use what I have, but I don't like having cracks in my
headlights.

Thanks for your help.

Sincerely,

Chris #2813