While repairing my 1913 Ford's Jno. Brown model 19 headlights, I found this manufacture's logo etched into the reflector glass before it was silvered. Neat! The original holding wedges are pot metal and badly fractured. I machined a 6.5" appropriately shaped ring out of a convenient sized chunk of bronze on the lathe, cut out the pieces, drilled, & tapped them. Good as new!
Some day I'll make some out of aluminum so they look period correct.
Something kinda neat!
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1913 Canadian Touring & 1905 Queen, both cars are 4 generation family owned cars
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Re: Something kinda neat!
Note how they spelled out John instead of the typical Jno. I have never seen the company itself spell out John on any of their lamps. Even on an envelope I have with their logo on it, it is still abbreviated. A friend pointed out that the reflectors were manufactured by Lancaster Lens (the L.L. logo in the center). It makes me wonder if it's a mistake on their part.
Attached is another marked for Corcoran and I'm sure L.L. was making them for just about everybody else, as well.
Attached is another marked for Corcoran and I'm sure L.L. was making them for just about everybody else, as well.