Hella SWB U.S. Sealed Beam Headlights - Restored

[jaudette3]

** SOLD **


6/12/18: PRICE DROP - now $750.00
7/5/18: PRICE DROP - now $695.00

These are similar to the set I offered a couple of weeks ago except they are equipped with incandescent sealed beams for maximum originality.

As I mentioned before, these Hella assemblies are getting hard to find. And when you find them the sellers are very proud ($$$). I suspect a lot of them were simply thrown out and replaced by H4's. Here's an original set restored as follows: Hella buckets refurbished; new correct logo Hella lenses; new trim rings; original headlight rings refurbished; new adjustment screws; incandescent sealed beam lamps.

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I'd be glad to provide these with halogen sealed beams for better lighting if you prefer.

Enthusiast Price: $850.00 plus shipping

Thanks for looking.

Cheers,
John

[jaudette3]

OK, it’s taking food out of the mouths of my babies (at least it would if I had babies), but I’m going to go ahead and lower the price of these. I think they’re fairly priced at $850.00 as I’ve seen them offered at $1,000+, but let’s drop it to $800.00.

Cheers,
John

[Xavier PJB]

John,
Few points:
Are these correct for a 911L 1968 swb driven in Continental Europe ? I do have currently sealed beam headlights but UK tuned
if so hope you are ok shipping them to France with Halogen, therefore I would take these at $800.
Is paypal ok with you ?

Cheers
X

[jaudette3]

No problem shipping to France but these are not correct for a '68. The U.S. cars that year went with what we call "sugar scoops". The RoW cars used the Euro reflectors, forerunners of the H4. H1's would be correct though and the #1 choice in my opinion.

Cheers,
John

[Xavier PJB]

John, this is what I have currently installed on my 68 SWB, it is an US car, but imported to UK 4 years ago and the headlight lenses were changed to be UK compliant. I bought the car and brought it to France - the headlights setting is not correct of course. I would like to keep the same "look" but I must change the headlight setting/configuration to accomodate the driving regulations here.
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[JBQuick]

Xavier this is what you need. The early H1s !

[NeunElf]

John, this is what I have currently installed on my 68 SWB, it is an US car, but imported to UK 4 years ago and the headlight lenses were changed to be UK compliant. I bought the car and brought it to France - the headlights setting is not correct of course. I would like to keep the same "look" but I must change the headlight setting/configuration to accomodate the driving regulations here.
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Sorry to again interrupt Mr. Audette's mission to sell his ultra-rare headlight units.



It sure looks like you have the '65-'67 covered sealed beam units. Those weren't used on '68s. American '68 911Ls would have been the first cars to get "sugar scoops" (7 inch sealed beams without covers). Rest of World 1968 911s would have had [Covered] Euro Tungsten P45t headlights except for the 911S (after the first 291 cars). Those 911S cars came with H1 headlights. H1s should have been optional on other Rest of World 911s.


Here's a table from a while ago:

Year	Covered Sealed Beams	Sugar Scoops	[Covered] Euro Tungsten P45t	H1s	H4s
1965-1967	USA 911-912		non USA 911-912
1968		USA 911-912	non USA 911-912 except 911S after Coupé 1180226 & Targa 1185065	non*USA 911S after Coupé 1180226 & Targa 1185065
1969		USA 911-912	non USA 912	non USA 911
1970-1971		USA 911		non USA 911
1972-1989		USA 911, 912E			non USA 911

What to do:

To get legal headlights for France

You just need 7 inch sealed beam headlights for driving on the right or 7 inch H4 replacements for sealed beams.

I don't know any French sources for 7 inch sealed beams but you should be able to find good 7 inch H4 replacements for sealed beams. There's:

• Cibié 7-HCR (available in the USA from http://www.talbotco.com/cibie_main_frameset.htm)
• Hella Vision Plus 7" Sealed Beam Conversion Headlamp (see http://www.myhellalights.com/index.p...sion-headlamp/)

To get "correct" '68 headlights

If you want to keep your car as a "correct" USA version, the correct headlights are the "sugar scoops" I don't know a specific source but so many people have replaced them with H4s that an ad in the Parts Wanted forum has a good chance.

If you want to take your car to a "correct" Rest of World version you need either [covered] P45t "tungsten" headlights (which would have had yellow lenses in France) or H1s (which also would have had yellow lenses in France). I don't know a source of either.

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Personally, I'd just stick a set of Hella or Cibié H4 replacements in those headlights.