Fog Lights

[Kilgore47]

I've been looking for original fog lights for a long time.  Found these while surfing the web a few days back and got them.  Guess I'll have to try and make brackets for them.  Turns out there are a few of these out there right now.  And some of them are reasonably priced.  These have bulbs with Mopar stamped on them.  Got these - with shipping - for less than 75 dollars.  One of the bulbs looks like it is burned out.  But that's OK because I mainly wanted them for show.  I don't drive the car at night or in bad weather.

 

If you take the time to look.  There are people still selling old Mopar stuff for good prices.  Not like some sellers that seam to be trying to retire from selling one item.  

 

Also found a dash clock for 100 dollars.  The pictures looked good.  Hope it's the same one that shows up.  

 

These are my Christmas presents.

[Sniper]

Somewhere on this forum is a part number for those bulbs, probably won't have MoPar stamped on them though. 

 

Found it

 

 

[desoto1939]

I just did a search on ebay 4015 bulb and found six listings. Some are clear bulbs and some are yellow. Depends on what style you are looking for.

 

Rich Hartung

desoto1939@aol.com

[Kilgore47]

I have found bulbs on line but they want more for one bulb than I paid for the pair of fog lights.  Don't really care if they work.  They are mainly for show.  I have a couple of old tractor lights and one is amber.  They will probably fit but it won't have Mopar stamped on it.  And it will be a different color.  I'll also check with the local auto parts.  Sometimes they surprise me with what they come up with.  

 

More news later

[Sniper]

20 minutes ago, desoto1939 said:

I just did a search on ebay 4015 bulb and found six listings. Some are clear bulbs and some are yellow. Depends on what style you are looking for.

 

Rich Hartung

desoto1939@aol.com

The a in 4015a stands for Amber

[oldodge41]

I have a set that I had on my car for quite a while. One is darker than the other in my set too, but they both worked fine.

[DJ194950]

Unity Spotlights were still selling spots/ fogs/ etc. a few years back and a big also was parts for the products they made including new Mopar Names on some.

 

New bulbs were avail. .  6 volt ? I do not remember as my stuff is 12 V.

 

They still have have a web page but listing are Under Construction Pages as of today.

 

Try later, call?

 

DJ

[desoto1939]

4 hours ago, Kilgore47 said:

I have found bulbs on line but they want more for one bulb than I paid for the pair of fog lights.  Don't really care if they work.  They are mainly for show.  I have a couple of old tractor lights and one is amber.  They will probably fit but it won't have Mopar stamped on it.  And it will be a different color.  I'll also check with the local auto parts.  Sometimes they surprise me with what they come up with.  

 

More news later

 

Yes, we all have to agree that the parts are getting expensive. BUT, you have to remember that we are now into a 12v modern car world.  These blubs are not easy to find and when you do find them as a seller you also have to pay a price to get them.  Also remember that Ebay does take a nice percentage of the sale on each item so a seller has to also adjust his selling price just to cover ebays fees and then make some profit on the parts.

 

Try looking for 1939 Desoto Parts, even at the major swap meets such as Hershey they are very few and when you do find something and a seller knows what it fits the cost is relative.  So if you want to play inthe antique car hobby and have an older car then you are going to have to pay the prices even thought they might be higher than what you expect to pay.  Supply and demand is the major player for all of us.

 

Rich Hartung 

[Kilgore47]

I have heard of buying clear bulbs and painting them amber.  My paint and body friend said he would paint them for me.  If I could find amber in a rattle can then I could do it.

 

I don't mind the pay to play for these old cars.  But it's fun to find a bargain once in a while.  

[Sniper]

In stock

 

https://www.vehiclesafetysupply.com/unity-usa-volt-amber-fog-lamp-4015a-p-19718.html

[Kilgore47]

I found an original amber bulb with Mopar on it for 25 bucks.  It has a housing also.  The housing is rough but it will be a spare.  

 

Thanks for the link Sniper.  That confirms that they can be painted.

[Sam Buchanan]

1 hour ago, Sniper said:

In stock

 

https://www.vehiclesafetysupply.com/unity-usa-volt-amber-fog-lamp-4015a-p-19718.html

 

It's interesting that the amber color is due to an external coating. I thought it would be the glass that was amber, wonder how the NOS bulbs were made.....

[greg g]

Try the tailightking website.

Edited December 13, 2023 by greg g
Typo

[Kilgore47]

22 hours ago, Sam Buchanan said:

wonder how the NOS bulbs were made

The NOS bulbs are amber glass.  Not painted.  Don't know what additive is used to make the glass amber.  

[Kilgore47]

13 hours ago, greg g said:

Try the twilight king website

I tried to find this site and got everything from games to mattresses.  Any chance you could add a link?

[Plymouthy Adams]

I am thinking the 'auto correct' stuck here....I would suggest 'tail light king' 

[Sniper]

47 minutes ago, Kilgore47 said:

I tried to find this site and got everything from games to mattresses.  Any chance you could add a link?

 

I did the same, lol

[Kilgore47]

54 minutes ago, Plymouthy Adams said:

I am thinking the 'auto correct' stuck here....I would suggest 'tail light king' 

Yep - that fixed it

[greg g]

https://www.taillightking.com/

[lemondana]

I found a good place to get about any sealed beam bulbs that you can think of. It gives all of the specs and uses, the different ambers, 6 volt, 12 volt 24 volt. I had several sets of driving and fog lights, in different sizes  that I have gotten bulbs- (sealed beams) for.  Very reasonably priced also  it is replacementlightbulbs.com.  The sealed beams are in the top group of headings, you might have to look a little bit.  These are all NOS made in USA bulbs, mostly GE. And it tells you how many they have left when you click on the number.  Let me know if you find what you need.