T3 Headlights 1969 Nova

[olredalert]

----I smoke original headlamps all the time anymore. Don't quite understand, but LL has stepped up to the plate.......Bill S

[m22mike]

Originally Posted by olredalert

----I smoke original headlamps all the time anymore. Don't quite understand, but LL has stepped up to the plate.......Bill S

Bill
They are called sealed beam for a reason. Sealed with a inert gas. After sitting for years, even NOS ones, the seal around the contacts leak and as soon as you fire them up they smoke. It is very scetchey buying old lamps, JMO.

MIKE

[Burd]

There's a guy that sells T3's at the Packard Prov grounds swap here in the Detroit area, it's in May, I'll get his number. He has a whole table of them. But you'll have to wait till spring. Lol
^ he's rite, I was hunting down OG guides for my 78, it doesn't take much to make them smoke. Pita trying to get all 4 working, then you gotta get a few spares.

[Jonesy]

I bought a couple of sets around 2004-05 when they first came out. The link I provided shows they are currently selling them.

[68camaroz28]

Originally Posted by Jonesy

I bought a couple of sets around 2004-05 when they first came out. The link I provided shows they are currently selling them.

The link shows them in picture only I believe. Sometime around 2015 is when Lectric Limited supply ran out (made by Wagner) and other houses selling them like Rick's and others show them discontinued. I completed a quick check and could not find them for sale at Lectric Limited but maybe I'm missing something. PacecarJeff is adversting lamps without the DOT so would assume these are different since what Lectric Limites was selling had the DOT. I purchased a set just to review power and how accurate to originals.

[Scott69Z]

The parts place has reproduced them. I bought a set and they look great. Much less expensive than Latric limited too.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I'm not sure of the exact transition week, but I've documented Deuces built in 05D, 06A and 06B with Power Beams - not to say that some may still have T3's though....

[Burd]

Didn't Norwood do a video on how to modify those and use a bulb in them?

[Salvatore]

modify a sealed beam?

[L78_Nova]

The lenses can be cut off burnt T3's and glued to modern bulb insert style headlights (with the plastic lens cut off). I did it but broke one of my set and haven't turned up a matching T3 lens to replace it... I put the repops in.

Thin cut off wheel working very slowly around diameter will cut off the lens... patience.
Glue the lenses on with clear silicone.
Gary