Pop-Up Headlights From Beginning to End

"Money Hustard" (moneyhustard) 01/29/2015 at 15:05 • Filed to: Classic Cars, Pop-up headlights

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If you like pop-up headlights you simply must check out this history of this beloved illumination obfuscation " !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ."

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Starting with a personal favorite of mine, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , this hyper-righteous way of concealing headlights eventually fell victim to pedestrian safety standards.

Headlights? What headlights? We don't need to no stinking headlights.

Even Sergio Pininfarina got into the lamp smuggling trade.

And so many others...

#regal

#sneaky

#surprisemotherfucker

#fap

#comingorgoing?

#beenpimpinsincebeenpimpinsincebeenpimpin

#lastoftheflipups :(

There's a lot more cars after the jump, and actual information about each car. It's seriously everything you've ever wanted to know about this forgotten gem of automotive design.

Pop-Up Headlights – Seventy Years of Hidden History

lone_liberal > Money Hustard 01/29/2015 at 15:14

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As the former owner of a teal (what else?) '96 Probe GT I know the joys of pop-up lights first hand. I also know what 2.5 liters of V6 POWAH feels like.

RazoE > Money Hustard 01/29/2015 at 15:16

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I had 4 cars with pop-ups. They are surely missed.

briannutter1 > Money Hustard 01/29/2015 at 15:42

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briannutter1 > Money Hustard 01/29/2015 at 15:42

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Money Hustard > briannutter1 01/29/2015 at 15:58

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I wasn't ready for how fucking awesome that was going to be.

Money Hustard > briannutter1 01/29/2015 at 15:59

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You look at something like that and wonder why all headlights aren't exactly like that.

briannutter1 > Money Hustard 01/29/2015 at 16:38

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I could save 22lbs ditching the popups on my C5z, but I can't bring myself to do it...even for a car that is mostly raced.