Re: 1938 super eight search light dilemma

Posted by Joe Santana On 2019/3/3 20:09:08

Personal opinion, but spotlights look appropriate on postwar cars to mid-50s. We had one on our '48 Buick convertible. It was only used to play chase-the-dot spotlight games at the drive-in theater for those who had them.

I imagined, before the Duchess was restored, with as much driving as I wanted to do, that a spotlight would come in handy when in unfamiliar locations searching for addresses. I bought a spotlight from Kanter. But then the big question came up about drilling a hole. As a kid, I drilled a nice big hole in the cowl on the passenger side to install an antenna for my transistor (the latest!) under-dash radio. That has since been eliminated.

I talked to Jim Hollingsworth about it and he cautioned me. He'd put a spotlight on a car and afterward, as Chris expressed, felt it looked a little garish. So mine is still in the box.

Anyway, along came along GPS. Much less likely to get lost or shot. These days, you start shining a spotlight on someone's front porch looking for a number and there could be some unexpected consequences.

I, too, was not aware of using 2 under-runningboard antennae sets. I have one installed, but have parts to add another one on the passenger side. Wow another little project. But actually I may add a Red-Rad with Bluetooth to play my music devices through my stock radio system.