Thanks. That is my focus, build it with a bit of creativity and not a bucket of money.

i wish i was that "anybody" with $20k... lol. jk you make excellent point!

+zokieboi - well hot rodding can come about two ways. One spend thousands of $$$$$$ or come up with alternate solutions that make it more affordable and still safe. What I have shown here is a method of improving the original 1928-31 Ford headlight using a cost effective method. It does have a very improved light beam over the original. Yes it will not be as good as something you spend hundreds of $$$$$ on but not everyone that builds a hot rod has deep pockets to spend unlimited amounts of $$$$$ for their project.

+1929fordhotrod and it still keeps me thinking - it can't be DOT approved, but it's so cheap that it's actually genius :)

+1929fordhotrod +zokieboy - Hey John, your website is dope, got lots of inspiration there! I know its been a long time to comment, but I'm amazed by how you response to this somewhat interesting comment from this zokieboi, while most would just burst their lips replying, but that's a smart and humble answer you gave him. As i see it, and as you stated, there's always 2 side in the customworks world, the one with unlimited amount of $$$$$$ and the one with shallow pockets with only deep spirit on working on their build, and you wrap that well in the answer, and these 2 comments really shows those 2 ways in a nutshell, glad to see these 2 well written words, and there's still people using their head in comments, where most people just saying shits on comments. *btw for those who didnt have a lathe, you could also bore a hole with a holesaw or a frostner bit to make the hole for the housing in the bowl, just mark a center and drill through it and bam.

From what I can work out, the USA has little if any inspection of cars after they are sold. No yearly test as we have in the UK (and I suspect, the rest of Europe). The police seem to be responsible for taking unroadworthy vehicles off the road. You only have to watch one episode of Roadkill before you go "WAAAAAT? They drove that on the road?!!!".

The larger gauge wire can handle more current without getting hot. The 16 gauge wire is too small for the halogen lights, causing the wire to get hot and possibly melting the insulation creating a fire hazard. I have seen now a few cars/hotrods burn up due to wiring issues and most often using too light of a wire gauge. There are charts showing currents, wire length and the require wire gauge for the circuit. Check out this link for wire length, current, and wire gauge suncruisermedia.com/downloads/3676/download/Wire%20Sizing%20Chart.jpg?cb=dfe3431e84f019394b67d8edde07a098 I did make a seal for the headlights but thanks for the reminder.

You are correct but this was a simple and cheap alternative that still works and a whole lot better than the vintage setup.

True, but that was not available to me as an option so this resulted in plan "B" and the video as a cheap alternative. As it turned out the bowls had the same parabolic shape as the original reflectors.

Incorrect size. Sealed beam is only up to 7” whereas a lot of older cars are 8” or so which don’t exist as a sealed beam unit unfortunately.