36 Car Headlight Buckets

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Hi, Can someone tell me if 36 car headlight buckets were used on 35"s and also trucks. Thanks
 
The basic headlight buckets on '35 & '36 pass and some light comm. vehicles, and '38-'39 trucks, are the same, but in some cases there were different hollow centered mounting bolts used, as well as glass lenses and bezels.
 
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If you are talking about whether the 36 passenger headlight was used on the 36 pickup/truck, the answer would be no. The 1935 passenger bucket and the 36 passenger bucket were dimensionally the same but the 36 had a significantly shorter mount so without modification it would not work on a 35. The 36 passenger bucket used a different headlight lens and headlight door than the 35 passenger bucket as pointed out by others. The 35, 36, and 37 pickup/truck buckets used the same headlight lens and headlight door as the 35 passenger bucket. There were some differences in the location of the mounting bracket but they were all dimensionally the same. In 1938 and 1939 Ford used the 1935 dimension headlight bucket on their pickups/trucks but the 36 passenger bucket would have to be modified, again because of the short stand. In 1940 and 1941, Ford used the same dimension bucket as the 35 passenger car on the pickups/trucks but they had a factory seal beam set-up. The seal beam headlight doors are not the same as the earlier passenger cars and the 1940 and 1941 seal beam headlight doors are not the same as each other.
 
Old and tired explained it as simple as could be. Not many people know that 1940 and 1941 big truck headlight buckets used different headlight doors, and they are not interchangeable'
 
Hello BW,
I am new to Ford Barn. I'm looking for 36 ford pass. car headlights. I was hoping to find complete set, but will start with parts. Do you still have buckets? If so, could you e-mail some pics. of the condition of them.
onemarvin47@msn.com
Like to make a deal if they are usable. Please contact me.

Thanks, Marv
 
Where is the correct measurement made to determine the diameter of '35-'36-'37 Pickup headlight buckets? Or do you just measure the diameter of the lense?
 
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I was told that these Head Lights were 1935 Ford.
Can someone please confirm that this is correct?
I have since been told that these Headlights are 1936, not 1935.
 
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Cream head light is 1935 pass car. Pickups and panel trucks are again different. Here is a pic of the '35-'37 pickup/panel head light. The big trucks again different as to the location of the mounting bolt.It is further back.
 

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Thanks to "deuce lover", he has answered my Question "what year was my Cream Head Light in the above Post" as being correct for the 1935 Ford V8. Thank you. Regards Mercman <><
 
The same basic bucket and the long mounting bolts were also used on COE until 1947. Later ones were the same as those used on 1941 trucks with the buckets having an internal assembly for fine tuning headlight aim adjustment.





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