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How would judge's at show's treat this change over on a stock 41 chev ?

I'm thinking they would not think to kindly of this change even though for safty sake much better.

Without a doubt points would be deducted.

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Are yuou refering to 6 volt halogen sealed beams?I a not aware of there exsistance.

There is a 6 volt sealed beam ( flat lens) with replaceable halagen bulb. 1439

It's funny, I've never had problems with standard 6 volt headlights and I've had a lot of 6 volt cars over the years. I have had two or three 12 volt cars where the headlights were very dim and I was never able to cure the problem.

Using equal sealed beams, such as the standard type, I find that a 6 volt with good wiring,switch contacts and grounds are equal to a 12 volt.I see a lot of yellow eyes 12 volt cars also.More depends on the condition of the eletrical system.I do run halogen sealed beams in my 12 volt cars and they are very bright.Have regular sealed beams in the 1950 and have no problem with them...now the '39 and '34 leave something to be desired.
With the high current draw of halogens an alternator would almost be required for best results.....and good grounds.

Safety makes since most of the time.

But, Yip!!

Enjoy,
Michael41[b][/b]s

1439,

My '36 pickup has much brighter headlights now that I've put in halogen bulbs. The generator is OEM except for a Peterson regulator and it is adequate for the 25W/25W halogens (ie no discharge with the lights on until I step on the brake pedal).

Don't believe everything you hear about ancient generators and halogen bulbs.

I think 6-volt sealed beams on Chevrolets hat come with them are quite adequate for most applications. The will indeed appear rather yellow night but so do all others except for the new ??? I can't think of the name right now. Help me here. Anyway as you see other cars coming down the road at night all will appear yellow except of these new ones and they will appear bright white or even bluish.

6-volt high beams should be enough for one to see down the road and light up deer eyeballs so you done hit them and damage your car. Anything smaller than a deer would mean dinner for Canadians and upper US folks. Too bright headlight might scare them off.

6-volt dimmers will be sufficient for you to see the edge of the road when idiots won't answer you call for low beams. They may be hunting for dinner. Check for across the border license plates.

I spent a lot of money on the 41 project car to acquire NOS headlight assemblies. If I ever find that a judged car next mine didn't get points off with the aftermarket flat headlights then the latter may find they need an air pump in the morning. Just saying.

What is it with some originally equipped car that one just has to fiddle with it to make it more modern. Is it some itchy feeling that we've just got to mess with things? I don't know.

Charlie

I bought original headlight bulbs for my 41 and they blew in less than a month. I looked online at NAPA and couldn't find replacement bulbs for a 41. I search 48 Chevy and found Halogen Headlight Sealed Beam Bulbs. I purchased them and they are still working after over a year with lots of night driving. They are so bright that I never use high beam. Guess what....they look exactly the same as original bulbs.

NAPA Halogen Headlight Bulbs

"they blew in less than a month" indicates your voltage is set to high (the halogens love that) or there is a poor ground resulting in voltage surges.

I have halogens in my '57 and they sure are bright.

Chevy Nut,
I think it was a bad voltage regulator that I've since replaced. Funny how a brand new Delco Voltage Regulator is a piece of junk right out of the box. I used to see it spike, then discharge, then spike. I changed it and it now charges just fine.