Special for STUDEBAKER

[X-she]

Did somebody have ever seen this kind of headlight for STUDEBAKER ; they are made by Marchal

[Skip Lackie]

Are they halogen or sealed beam?

[X-she]

Not sealed beam , just headlight bulb

[6hk71400]

Studebaker had an active pre/early post war export market. Other countries head light laws probably had special provisions as to the lighting requirements. My guess is that to sell their cars in the country the car was imported arrangements were made with head light companies to provide the lights. Probably not made by Studebaker but for Studebaker.
Just a guess, but here in the states, 1957 some states did not allow for quad headlights as stated in another post. That all changed in 1958. This is just my supposition as events occurred.

[Buzzard]

Hi David,
Although I was the Marchal dealer for Canada back in the late 70's, I have never seen that particular lamp configuration. Possibly Bob's explanation is correct. I do however have a pair of Marchal Ampilux 7" in an Avanti as they have separate high beam reflectors so they are awesome.(and if you can believe ebay, practically unobtainable-$1700.00!)
Bill

[X-she]

Thanks for answers , Bill what an interesting story about Marchal and dealer in Canada....Marchal was a French enterprise and after it was Ferodo and finaly Valeo...incredible price for Avanti hight been , i've never hear anything about it ....just like that marchal made for Studebaker !

[Buzzard]

Hi David,
I was also the Cibie distributor and I always thought that Marchal's answer to Cibie Biodes was the one I showed above. The Cibie image won't post here for some reason but it was a similar design utilizing two separate bulbs as well as separate reflectors for high beam. I have them in my 1963 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk and with 100 watt low beam bulbs, 130 watt high beams (yielding 460 watts total on high beam) it made nighttime into daylight! It definitely made night driving much safer picking out random animal eyes at very long distances.
Cheers,
Bill

[bensherb]

" 100 watt low beam bulbs, 130 watt high beams"

Twice the legal limit here in California ! Not that anyone cares; so are MANY of the headlights on the road today because they aren't rated in watts ! I just no longer drive at night; it's too hard to see when being blinded by oncoming headlights that are ridiculously bright.

[8E45E]

I would contact D'Iteren in Belgium for an answer. They most likely installed several of them in Export market cars in the 1930's.

Craig

[X-she]

it was like that at the unloading dock !