<VV> Using T-3 headlights

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

>Just when I thought this thread had gone on long enough, I learn there is a difference between the halogen replacement bulb that you can buy anywhere and a T3 repop?
>

Look at the lenses of different manufacturer's headlights -- they are 
all different.  The old "T3" headlights have a distinctive "look" or 
maybe I should say a distinguishing lens pattern, aside from the 
identifying emblems.  Modern sealed beam Halogen replacements are not 
all the same either -- Sylvania, Westignhouse, and Phillips all put 
Halogen on them in different locations, among other things (such as 
lighting performance).  Those E code headlights you hear about look 
different just at a glance, but they are not all the same, either -- 
some are even radically different in appearance, all retaining the flat 
cut-off and 30º flare, and differ from right hand drive vs left hand 
drive.  Low beam lamps differ from High beams in all cases.  See Daniel 
Stern's website for pics and details of modern lighting options.

Halogen or incandescent T-3's should all have the distinctive look of 
the classic Corvair headlight.

Bill Strickland