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January 9, 2009
Cool Old Press Photos: The '57 Lincoln
By Brian Lohnes
BangShift.com
We’re going to mark this one under styling gaffe. The big news for Lincoln in 1957, as seen by these photos and the press release, was the introduction of a quad-headlight front end. The move to four lights was interesting on a couple of levels, the first of which was the fact that four headlights were illegal in most states, hence the mention in the release that the lights can be used according to state law. The reasons for this are unknown to us at this time; despite our research we can’t really find a definitive answer as to why quad headlights were considered dangerous. There was probably some arcane political reason behind it. Continue reading at Freiburger’s Junkyard
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Brian
Jan 19, 2009 at 2:58 pm
The T-Bird and the MarkII signaled FoMoCo’s new direction in design.The four headlights were being pushed by the Federal government.Safety advocates had been pushing for them.The high beams were for unlit streets and country roads.A previous Federal law had required that all cars have at least two headlights,one on each side.A third light could be mounted just outside the driver’s window.Like searchlights on copcars.Why four headlights were illegal in some states is beyond me.