Re: [FWDLK] '57's: History of dual vs. quadrilight headlights?

["brians" <brians@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can't remember anyone being arrested in the US for buying
a 57 Lincoln, Nash or Hudson or ever reading about either
Ford or American Motors being fined for selling these 4
headlamp cars in all of the states - regardless of whether
the state had passed appropriate legislation allowing 4
headlamps.

Brian

57 Dodge D500s

Robert Whitman wrote:
>
> Does anyone have the history of the transition to 4 headlights in 1957.
> Which states had not yet legalized the 4 light system and why?  Did some
> pass it through, halfway through the model year, so some cars sold in that
> state are 2-light and some are 4-light?  Was it legal to buy a car from a
> 4-light state and register it in a 2-light state?  I bet one of you folks
> out there knows all about it, I gotta know!!
> -Robert in Kansas (a 2-light or 4-light state?)
> -'60 Adventurer