Friday, February 14, 2020

Trivia... here's a one year only option on the 1969 Monaco and Polara, that didn't get any traction with customers, and was not brought back for 1970. I've never seen or heard of it before (thanks to Dennis for pointing it out!)




Designed in partnership with Sylvania, the Super-Lite was optional on the already well-equipped 1969 Dodge Monaco and Polara lineup.

The controlled-beam Super-Lite utilized a quartz-iodide bulb for laser-like lighting accuracy. It focused its precision cast of light onto the road for forward visibility, designed to match the power and speed of small- and big-block V-8-equipped full-size C-body Dodges.


The Super-Lite worked like a film projector to illuminate the void between the low- and high-beam settings. Light focused through a rectangular aperture and glass lens that cast light wide and long but not high. The 85-watt Super-Lite was a production option precursor to modern projector headlights—a commendable attempt to improve on the sealed-beam headlight that by 1969 had been in service largely unchanged since its inception three decades earlier.


https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2017/10/25/space-age-dodge-super-lite

Brought up by http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2020/02/ive-never-seen-dodge-polara-with-this.html
https://a.d-cd.net/_AAAAgDhjuA-1920.jpg
https://a.d-cd.net/l4AAAgNhjuA-1920.jpg
https://nickmix01.livejournal.com/629716.html#cutid1

1 comment:

  1. Didn't know that either. Pretty cool Chrysler was working on projector lamps that far back-and that someone addressed the seldom considered issue of over driving your headlights. I'm constantly impressed with the projectors on my wife's car, and how they're dimmed by changing the focal point.

    ReplyDelete