Re: [FWDLK] blue dots

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, you kids!
Sleepy Eyes are Metal half disc' which cover the top half of the headlights.
Didn't really cut down the beam much, just concentrated it in a lower beam.
They actually were good for the oncoming traffic. You could also get
"Shades" which were little brows which went under the headlight retainer and
shadded the headlight. they stuck out  and some of them had a jewel in them
which lit up from the headlight. All of these are probably still in the J C
Whitney catalog.
Unfortunatly, this stuff goes back about 50 years..........
--
Ray Jones, Jones Ridge, in the Ouachita Mtns near Mena, Western Arkansas

> From: "Floyd D. Harper" <fdh4@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: fdh4@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:55:53 -0800
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] blue dots
>
> I know what Blue Dots are, but what are "Sleepy Eyes".
> zzzzzzzzzzzzz
> Floyd in Margate, Fl
> '60 Dodge Pioneer 2 Dr Hardtop
>
> --- Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From a distance, it made the taillight Purple. It
>> also made it harder
>> (dimmer) to see, and illegal in most states.
>> The purpose? Like everything about Hot Rods, it made
>> it different, cool,
>> neat-o, and special. For most popular cars with
>> glass tail lights, you could
>> buy them with the Dot already mounted. Or you could
>> buy just the Blue Dot
>> for the plastic lenses and drill your own hole. Mu
>> Uncle sold them in his
>> Western Auto store.
>>
>> I had them in a couple of '49 fords, along with
>> Sleepy Eyes.
>> --
>> Ray Jones, Jones Ridge, in the Ouachita Mtns near
>> Mena, Western Arkansas
>>
>>> From: Greg Filtz <filtz@xxxxxxx>
>>> Reply-To: Greg Filtz <filtz@xxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:25:50 -0600
>>> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [FWDLK] blue dots
>>>
>>> Gang,
>>>
>>> What was the purpose of putting blue dots on the
>> tail lights of  hot
>>> rods?  Doesn't that effect the light of the tail
>> lamp?   Is it illegal?
>>>
>>> Greg in WI (expecting snow but very moderate temps
>> for January)
>>> 1956 Dodge Royal Lancer
>>>
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