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| tod914 |
 Jun 17 2010, 09:25 PM
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I'm going to be replacing my GE sealed headlamps with something German. Was it Bosch or Hella that originally came with our cars? Mines a 73, not sure if they only used one manufacture.
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| Tom_T |
Jun 17 2010, 10:37 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California 
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QUOTE(tod914 @ Jun 17 2010, 08:25 PM)  I'm going to be replacing my GE sealed headlamps with something German. Was it Bosch or Hella that originally came with our cars? Mines a 73, not sure if they only used one manufacture. Tod, as with many OEM suppliers, they used both Bosch & Hella, maybe more Hella, and I think that they may have sourced the USA market sealed beams from Sylvania & GE back in the day - but not positive on that. I think that even back then Osram owned Sylvania or had a joint agreement of some sort. I'm pretty sure that most of Euro-Land & S. Amer. & Asia had the replaceable bulb style housings from mostly Hella or some Bosch (maybe some other OEM suppliers too like Osram, etc.) with non-halogen type-4 bulbs standard & H4 halogen bulbs as an upgrade option. Try PM'ing the incomparable Pat G. on this, then post the answer here for the ref. of all. |
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| underthetire |
Jun 17 2010, 11:12 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,062 Joined: 7-October 08 From: Brentwood Member No.: 9,623 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(Tom_T @ Jun 17 2010, 09:37 PM) QUOTE(tod914 @ Jun 17 2010, 08:25 PM) I'm going to be replacing my GE sealed headlamps with something German. Was it Bosch or Hella that originally came with our cars? Mines a 73, not sure if they only used one manufacture. Tod, as with many OEM suppliers, they used both Bosch & Hella, maybe more Hella, and I think that they may have sourced the USA market sealed beams from Sylvania & GE back in the day - but not positive on that. I think that even back then Osram owned Sylvania or had a joint agreement of some sort. I'm pretty sure that most of Euro-Land & S. Amer. & Asia had the replaceable bulb style housings from mostly Hella or some Bosch (maybe some other OEM suppliers too like Osram, etc.) with non-halogen type-4 bulbs standard & H4 halogen bulbs as an upgrade option. Try PM'ing the incomparable Pat G. on this, then post the answer here for the ref. of all. I just checked a couple sealed beams left over from a 73, and they are Westinghouse. Don't know if that helps or if they were original. |
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tod914 Head lamps. What did the car come with? Jun 17 2010, 09:25 PM
Tom_T
I just checked a couple sealed beams left over fr... Jun 18 2010, 03:06 AM
Pat Garvey MY '72 still has its original Hella sealed bea... Jun 18 2010, 03:27 PM Tom_T
MY '72 still has its original Hella sealed be... Jun 18 2010, 03:48 PM Pat Garvey
MY '72 still has its original Hella sealed b... Jun 18 2010, 04:46 PM tod914 Interesting info there Tom. I think the Bosch and... Jun 18 2010, 08:39 PM Tom_T
Interesting info there Tom. I think the Bosch an... Jun 18 2010, 10:17 PM Pat Garvey
Interesting info there Tom. I think the Bosch an... Jun 21 2010, 06:52 PM |
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