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I'm getting ready to finish off the electrical on the car. I understand that it is impossible to find bulbs for the head lamps. I've looked in the Service and Parts Manual but don't seem to find any reference for the ones that go in the 1) tail/stop lights, 2) dash , 3) dome, and 4) reading lamp. Does someone out there have the bulb numbers that I should get?

From fairly recent experience I believe all the bulbs except the headlight bulbs are very common, still in regular production, and readily available from NAPA and the like. And the headlight bulbs are not uncommon either though you may have to get them from one of the special bulb vendors or perhaps at a good auto flea market where I see them regularly; it's the 33-34 bulbs that are scarce. Can you read the bulb numbers from the old bulbs?

Maybe this little chart will help you.

And here's the 1932 Eight info from the "bible" for such info, the Standard Auto Electrician's Manual:

Headlamp #1000 bifocal
Fender #63
Instrument #63
Dash #63
Stop #1129
Tail #63

Dome lights are generally #81 or #82, depending if single or double contact (see chart).

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Dave,

Thanks for the quick response. I'll be saving a copy of the chart with my reference materials for the car. I only have one bulb and it does not have a readable number.