New York headlights

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Does anyone on here know what the non-fender mounted

headlights look like on a 1916 38?

My car has drum lights that may be of a later manufacture.

I have seen photos of 1916-1917 cars with various different

lights.

Thanks so much.

John Crowell

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The original bracket headlamps for the Series 3 through the Series 31-51 Pierce Arrows that were fitted by the factory for cars so specified were a bell shaped lamp using a lamp door identical to that on the fender mounted lamps.The Pierce Arrow books show photos of the cars with these lamps.The drum lamps on your C-4 are the style used on the Series 32-33 cars of 1921 to about 1925 and I would suspect fitted by the dealer in the 1920’s to update the car.Since these were fitted years ago,they are part of the history of the car.As for finding a pair of the bell shaped lamps,one of the Pierce Arrow collectors might have a pair.The ones from a 1919-1920 Series 31-51 will have a double bulb reflector where the earlier ones will

have a single bulb reflector.

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