Chris --God Bless Ya! Never thought headlights could become such a major
item! I do remember one thing about my original headlights and that u may
find interesting. I picked up my car at the factory in Coventry. It was"
U.S. specs"! However, about a year after I returned to the states with it (
accepted delivery at Coventry in June '64 and shipped it from Bremen,Germany
in July '64), a N.C. dealer told me that I didn't have sealed beam headlights
-- I had "some strange little bulbs inside an outer lamp that looked like a
sealed beam". He also told me they were illegal - which I ignored since it
was impossible to tell by looking at them and I was satisified with their
intensity. Anyway, I loaned the car to my brother one night in 1970 and he
managed to destroy the headlights ( a whole other story). The garage (in NY)
that repaired them put in, of course, U.S. sealed beam headlights. But I
often look at the headlights and wonder what I would have done in those days
before halogen etc. small bulbs. Thanks for jogging that memory. I also
wonder how the car ever got through the U.S. Customs inspection at Bayonne in
1964. Obviously the certificate that said "U.S. specs" was enough to prevent
a really throrough inspection.
Arthur Kelly '64 TR4 CT33118L (Original Owner and daily driver)
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