35 pickup headlight bolts

Vanspeed

Vanspeed

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Hey guys is there a source for 1935 ford pickup headlight bolts? I have looked and all I can find are 34's. They are a hollow bolt and the 34's are way too short.
 
Vanspeed... Are you referring to the headlight mount bolt that acts as the headlight stand? In the past I have had to pirate them from junk buckets because I could not find a supplier.
 
Not reproduced.The nuts are just as hard to find also.Do like oldandtired said,find junk buckets.35 pass car should work also.Sometimes they (head light buckets ) show up on EBAY.
 
I don't know what they look like but just a thought. Could you not go to a nut and bolt store and find something close enough to use? Set them up in a drill press and drill the center hole. That should at least work until you can find the correct ones
 
Well I ended buying another set of headlights that had the bolts and nuts. I can now put together a good set from what I have. In my searches I found plenty of buckets that had the bolts.
 
If you have one original sample, have someone who owns a lathe make some for you out of bar stock. Another thought would be to find standard carriage bolts that are close enough to the actual part and final machine those to make what's needed. I have looked at these original bolts in my '35 passenger car and pickup truck headlight buckets, and with my amateur machining skills, I think I could make these w/o that much difficulty on my little maintenance shop 5" swing, 48" bed, South Bend Lathe.
 

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My lights have bolts that I think will work. I was at the hardware store and couldn't find a nut that would fit. Anybody know the nut size? It looks like 18 threads per inch. Need the SAE diameter size. Thanks.
 
Looks like 11/16 - 18. Not going to find that at the local hardware store. Guess it's time to jump on the Internet. Thanks.
 
38-39 pickups use the same light. I think its 35-36 car/pickup? and 37-39 pickups... I think.

As mentioned above finding banged up buckets with all the hardware is probably the best source.
 
Tinker...The 35 passenger and 38/9 pickup are the same bucket and same length mounting bolt. The 35-37 pickups used the same bucket but it is a more shallow bucket than the 35 passenger. 38/9 pickup bucket. At some point in 37, the headlight bucket for the pickups was modified a bit and the mounting bolt moved rearward. I have been told that was a modification for the COE's but I have personally taken them off both 37 pickups and 37 trucks...I have never even seen a 37 COE but have had numerous pair of the different buckets. The 36 passenger bucket itself is the same dimensions as the 35 but has a much shorter mounting bolt. The 40 and 41 OEM truck sealbeams used the same size bucket as the 35 passenger car and the mounting bolt appears to be the same as well making them nice to use on a 35 passenger car or a 38/9 pickup if you want sealbeams without having to use one of the kits.
 
oldandtired said:
................The 40 and 41 OEM truck sealbeams used the same size bucket as the 35 passenger car and the mounting bolt appears to be the same as well making them nice to use on a 35 passenger car or a 38/9 pickup if you want sealbeams without having to use one of the kits.
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Although the same size and shape, the 1940 buckets are somewhat different than the 1941. 1940 used a fixed sealed beam and was only adjustable by loosening the mounting nuts and swiveling the entire bucket around. The 1941 and later units (used on the COE until 1947) have an adjustment assembly mounted inside the bucket which allows much easier adjusting of the sealed beam itself without moving the entire bucket. They also used different bezels.
 
JM 35 Sedan said:
If you have one original sample, have someone who owns a lathe make some for you out of bar stock. Another thought would be to find standard carriage bolts that are close enough to the actual part and final machine those to make what's needed. I have looked at these original bolts in my '35 passenger car and pickup truck headlight buckets, and with my amateur machining skills, I think I could make these w/o that much difficulty on my little maintenance shop 5" swing, 48" bed, South Bend Lathe.
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Those look like you could find a plow bolt pretty close and drill it out on a lathe.
 
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