head light bar

Ok who makes a head light bar for highboys?
For lights only not shocks
Thanks again Dave

SoCal makes a version of it. They are two separate pieces and replicate the ends on '32 Ford headlight bars, that have been cut off and bent over. Nice looking pieces, and I think about $ 100 pr pair.

But, If you want the true headlight bar with the rounded part that goes in front of the radiator, I think you may have to build your own. If someone is making these, I am not aware of it.

It is all of an afternoons work to build your own, and headlight bars show up all the time on Ebay for various prices. I like the '32 bar better than the Model A bar, as it has an upside down smile that doesn't looked "drooped" when in place.

Here are some shots of one I built for my T. I also have one on my '27 with a Deuce grille shell, and I like these because the headlights do not shake going down the road, and they also look old timey.

Don

SoCal is selling headlight bar for highboys now - they have a few for standard, pinched, and The AV8 front horns.

Gennie Shifter makes a nice one as well.

Has anyone bought/used/seen one of the new So Cal headlight bars for roadsters? I'm wondering if you can mount stock original 32 headlights on them, or just 34 commercials... So Cal doesn't sell 32 headlights, just the 34s, so I'm wondering if there's a reason for that. I want to run the stainless 32's on that bar, but am not sure if it will work... Do 34 Commericals and 32 passenger headlights mount the same way? Seems to me i heard something about 32s being weird in how they mount, needing an odd angle to the cups on the bar for them to sit correctly... is this true?

Well, I rolled the dice and ordered the So Cal bar and a pair of deuce headlights... it looks like it should work, and man, the So Cal headlight bar is a beautiful piece!.. Hopefully will try to get the new setup installed this weekend.

Itolyouso, clever base on the shock mount to frame.
Is that a solid piece threaded for the bolts?

Looks a darned sight easier than welding on/in the two little threaded bungs.

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What is the diameter of the headlight bar you're using?
I built a 3/4" tubing piece for the 32, but will probably use solid for the 31.

A headlight bar is the next project after I get the 3.25, Auburn locker for the 9" set up and the 4.57 Detroit Locker pulled.
'Course, like all nifty projects I gotta finish the pinion wrench today - life keeps getting in the way - and hope my mailorder torque wrench gets here in a few days.

Geez, did you ever try to knurl DOM tubing?
Kinda tough on the surface....

Wiring isn't done yet, but the look I have been going for is there... What do you guys think? I'm diggin' it.

Here's the "before" shot:

Here's the "after" shots... So Cal headlight bar with original style 32 headlights.

Much cooler.

Don

In my humble opinion it looks much sweeter now than before. Top cabin!

Thanks! A buddy of mine came over and helped get all the wiring figured out and working correctly... The headlight switch was wired wrong, and it took quite a bit of trial and error to track down the problem... anyhow, after 2 days of testing wires he found the problem, and now everything works how it should... parking lights, signals, high/low beams, and flashers... Its Miller Time. :D

Looking Good, the big 32 Headlights look great... Glad to hear you are getting some of the bugs worked out too... Keep up the good work...

Dave Brisco

Thanks! I have already learned alot just hanging out here...

Looks great Joey.

Are the headlights straight seal beam?

Perhaps Halogen?

I tried to use the old style seal beams in the Dietz buckets on my 32, but black asphalt just ate em up.
Halogen seal beams - about $9.00 at Wally World - bolted right in with no problems.
Halogens made a big difference.


I meant to ask earlier, what kind of tires are you running?
Really sets the car off nice.

The lights are not sealed beams, they're traditional 32 headlight buckets/lenses with a halogen high/low beam bulb in them, and a parking light/turnsignal bulb installed in the reflector. The top photo I posted is with just these parking light bulbs illuminated. The halogen bulbs look like they should throw decent light, but won't be able to tell til I get the car out for a drive at night. The tires are BFG Silvertown Radials on steelies and 48 Ford hubcaps. The rear tires are 285-70-15's, which are a tad wide, but the height of them fills the radius of the wheel cutout in the body perfectly, and the gap between the tire and body is just right for my tastes, so I hate to even mess with it...The tires are all brand new, so I'll let them alone for awhile.

That's the same setup that I'm putting on mine. I just waiting on the headlights from Bob Drake and they have been back ordered since early last winter. I've got the light bar from So Cal, the parking lights that go inside the lens from Vintique, the V8 emblem from Bob Drake. Yours is lookin' good.

Copy Cat! :p fyi, I got my 32 lights themselves from Vintique, parking lights pre-installed, halogen bulbs pre-installed, wired and ready to go for 320.00. Just got them 2 weeks ago, no backorder...I do have a ton of other things that ARE on backorder though... sometimes I swear I'm the only person in the USA who's interested in parts for a 32 ford, as no one ever has anything i need in stock.:confused: