✅ SOLVED Very old car headlight?

[MackDigger]

Only thing I can figure. Size and shape look right ad it was a good 3inchs underground.

 

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[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Yep..looks like an old hotrod housing

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

not very old. probably one from a dual headlamp setup...should have a gm stamp somewhere.

 

[VERDE]

Hey MackDigger!! I agree with secretcanyon!! Off a 1963 Chevy Impala!! I had one just like it!! GOOD HUNTING!! VERDE!!

 

[Kieth-Tx]

Worked at a wrecking yard back in the 70's....looks just like 70's models also.

 

[jeff of pa]

yep Pretty sure they were around in the 70's yet

 

[GpSnoopy]

In North America, sealed beam headlights were in use until 1983, when replaceable halogen bulbs were allowed. I remember my 1980 Dodge 4x4 pickup using these round sealed beams still, although I did update it to Cibie Halogen sealed beams. Rectangular Sealed beams became popular after 1974 as well.

The standardised 7-inch (178 mm) round sealed beam headlamp was introduced in 1940, and was soon required for all vehicles sold in the United States. Britain, Australia and other Commonwealth countries, as well as Japan, also made extensive use of 7-inch sealed beams. With some exceptions from Volvo and Saab, this headlamp size format was never widely accepted in continental Europe, leading to different front-end designs for each side of the Atlantic for decades.
The first halogen lamp for vehicle headlamp use, the H1, was introduced in 1962 by a European consortium of bulb and headlamp makers. Shortly thereafter, headlamps using the new light source were introduced. These were prohibited in the U.S., where sealed beam headlamps were required. In 1978, sealed beam headlamps with internal halogen burners became available for use in the United States. Halogen sealed beams now dominate the sealed beam market, though it is considerably smaller than it was before replaceable-bulb composite headlamps returned to the U.S. in 1983.

 

[fyrffytr1]

My 67 GTO has them.

 

[cudamark]

Yup, common headlight bucket. If you can find numbers stamped into it, you might be able to figure out make and/or model.