Started a drive — lost my headlight bezel, lens and retaining ring

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  • February 12, 2021 at 12:39 pm #427090
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    Hi everyone-

    Last Saturday had hopes for a carefree tour with the Horseless Carriage club out in Danville CA. I was driving on 580 just a couple miles from my home in Oakland, going to meet up with George Teebay in San Leandro, when disaster struck. I had heard a new rattle and thought, man I need to check that- and then something fell off my car. Bad news. Checked my gages real fast then looked in rear view mirror and saw a shiny round ring in the middle of the lane. I went back later and recovered it, highly smashed and wrecked.

    The day before I had washed and waxed my S81 Philips convertible coupe, had wiggled all the lights, etc. Maybe I missed a loose retaining ring or maybe it broke. I have stress cracks in other parts of my headlights…

    I will post a wanted ad in the wanted section. Because my car (previously owned by Sinclair and Suzanne Powell) is a Philips semi custom body, it has bigger nice AGA headlights, not Pierce standard ones.

    Good luck everybody– check your headlights!

    Don Benham

    Damaged bezel

    February 12, 2021 at 2:47 pm #427098
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    Adding to Don’s post:  These are “bracketed” headlights on a Phillips catalog-custom convertible coupe body.

    * The lens is a Bausch & Lomb 9.25″ STAR (same as 1927-28 Series 36)

    * The outer ring/bezel is 10.5″ OD and 1.25″ outer surface depth (i.e., front to rear)

    * The inner retaining ring is unknown (too crunched to be measured) but it is NOT that used 1916-26 as reproduced at one time (I compared it to one of those not yet installed)

    Don, can you post better photos of the complete AGA headlight showing the bezel?

    February 12, 2021 at 2:53 pm #427100
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    UPDATE:  Please see Don’s post in The Emporium where he shows more accurate dimensions taken with calipers.

    February 13, 2021 at 7:12 am #427107
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    So sorry to hear this.  You have a lovely car and it is so difficult to have such a problem.

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