Reply To: Series 81 Headlight lens

[Kim Scorah Bourget]

Pierce Arrow cars from the Series 1 cars of 1912-1913 through the Series 5 of 1918-1919 used a flat plate glass clear lens but when these became illegal in some places in around 1919 they were replaced by various makes of prismatic lenses including those made by Bausch&Lomb.The Series 31-51 and Series 32 used a Bausch&Lomb lens which did not show the name.Early Series 33’s started using a Bausch&Lomb lens which looked similar but had the name in an arc in the top of the lens.Again this change had to do with lighting laws.