What headlights are these---stock 1968?

[Cornpatch MO]

Notice the little black dot in the center of the headlight bulbs? Looks a little like an eye. Can someone ID just what these bulbs are , in case I need to replace with ones that look the same? I think it is a little black disc inside the bulb that covers the element itself ..............MO

 

[moparedtn]

It was Westinghouse that had those black refractors in them, wasn't it?
Eh, people that know a bunch more than me will be along shortly, I'm sure.

 

[zyzzyx]

G.E. were from the factory. Westinghouse were replacements.

 

[moparedtn]

G.E. were from the factory. Westinghouse were replacements.

Depends, of course - but the famous @Slantsixdan (resident guru on these things) posted over on FABO:
"Chrysler bought their headlamps for the North American market from two companies in the 1960s:
Tung-Sol and General Electric."

That said, neither the OP nor I said the headlights in question here were OE; he's merely wanting to know what they might be.

 

[Cornpatch MO]

Depends, of course - but the famous @Slantsixdan (resident guru on these things) posted over on FABO:
"Chrysler bought their headlamps for the North American market from two companies in the 1960s:
Tung-Sol and General Electric."

That said, neither the OP nor I said the headlights in question here were OE; he's merely wanting to know what they might be.

Ed is right, I just want to know what brand and years the headlights pictured are.... I saw a rendering of a 1968 Roadrunner, and I think it was a advertisement from Plymouth , that definatly showed the dark spots in the middle of the headlights that made them look a little like " eyes" I liked that..........MO

 

[CHARGERSTEVEN]

Is that your car,just pop a lite out n it should have the name brand on the back or it could be embedded in the glass

 

[Slantsixdan]

A little difficult to tell from this distance, but it looks like the ones on the passenger side of the car are plain old shelf-stock halogen sealed beams, H5006 outer and H5001 inner. Probably Sylvanias. That "black disc" you see is an unreflectorised area at the heel (centre) of the reflector. It's there because that area gets pulled/distorted when the mould stamper pulls away from the hot glass, and if that area were reflectorised it would produce stray light that would screw up the beam pattern. This unreflectorised distorted area started out small (as shown in this pic) and over the years grew larger and larger as the tooling grew more and more decrepit and the makers ran the line faster and faster and paid less and less attention to what they were doing, as there there was less and less money in making and selling sealed beams.

The non-halogen sealed beams did have a "fog cap" or "filament shield" which was either a half-moon or full round metal cap to block light travelling from the low beam filament directly through the lens. This would be useless waste/stray light that can only cause glare (and backscatter in bad weather), and so the cap was introduced for 1956 when the 7" round sealed beam was improved. When the smaller 5-3/4" round sealed beam was introduced the following year, it incorporated all the technical improvements of 1956, including the filament shield. But the filament shield was much smaller than this "black disc" appears in these photos, and there was no filament shield on the inboard (high beam) lamp.

 

[Cornpatch MO]

A little difficult to tell from this distance, but it looks like the ones on the passenger side of the car are plain old shelf-stock halogen sealed beams, H5006 outer and H5001 inner. Probably Sylvanias. That "black disc" you see is an unreflectorised area at the heel (centre) of the reflector. It's there because that area gets pulled/distorted when the mould stamper pulls away from the hot glass, and if that area were reflectorised it would produce stray light that would screw up the beam pattern. This unreflectorised distorted area started out small (as shown in this pic) and over the years grew larger and larger as the tooling grew more and more decrepit and the makers ran the line faster and faster and paid less and less attention to what they were doing, as there there was less and less money in making and selling sealed beams.

The non-halogen sealed beams did have a "fog cap" or "filament shield" which was either a half-moon or full round metal cap to block light travelling from the low beam filament directly through the lens. This would be useless waste/stray light that can only cause glare (and backscatter in bad weather), and so the cap was introduced for 1956 when the 7" round sealed beam was improved. When the smaller 5-3/4" round sealed beam was introduced the following year, it incorporated all the technical improvements of 1956, including the filament shield. But the filament shield was much smaller than this "black disc" appears in these photos, and there was no filament shield on the inboard (high beam) lamp.

Thanks for that info. I expect your last paragraph pertains to what I have.. I need to actually look at the back side of my bulb and see who made it and the number........................... MO