older headlamps euro's

Mercedes W108 W109 Euro headlamps

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Those arent W108/9 euro headlights. Those are just 7" upgraded "sealed beam" units, you can replace the bulb. Those arent sealed.

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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon
1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg

108/ 109 cars ;these do go in stacked headlights - euro type . replaceable bulbs ans a small parking light insert
regards

Here is a pic of euro headlights on a W108/9 body

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/attachments/vintage-mercedes/44528d1180019853-euro-headlights-w108-anyone-mercedes-pics.-002.jpg

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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon
1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg

The ones Mercy posted are early. Later W108s had stacked headlights with the parking light built into the inner triangular plastic lens (by the grille), while the outer triangular lens was amber for the directional signal. For some reason, the later Euro specs are extremely tough to find.

Mercy's picture of the "fishbowl" early- style W111/ early 108 lamp is obviously retrofitted to a U.S. spec car; while the "fishbowl" lights have driving/ fog lamps built into the bottom of the units, another set of fog/ driving lights (that almost always appears on later Euro W108s and W111c cars due to the later Euro stacked lamps not having fogs built in) has been installed to fill the holes where the U.S. spec parking/ signal lights went. In this application, those fogs are redundant.

The fishbowls Mercy shows are an unusual design, though- "proud" at the bottoms, unlike most Bosch units of that type I've seen. I like them! Are they the Hella equivalent?

here's the later W108/ W109 Euro lights I'm talking about:


My 1969 300SEL 6.3 Euro had this setup. 1966-67 W111, 108/109 came with the "fishbowls", later cars all got the ones I show on the red car above (I'm not exact on the switchover date).

The bulb holder the OP posted is for this style headlamp.

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1968 230S Automatic, Elfenbein
1975 O309D Executive Westfalia Camper Bus, Blau/ Weiss
1972 280SEL 4,5 Dunkelrot
1966 VW Type 34 "Grosser" Karmann-Ghia
1963 VW 1500 Variant Pearlweiss
1969 VW Variant Automatic, Perugruen
1971 VW Squareback Automatic, Clementine Orange
2001 E320 4Matic Wagon- Our belated welcome to the 21st century! Polar White
1973 280SEL 4,5 Sliding Roof "The Bomb", Dunkelblau.

My outer triangular directional lenses are clear. Any idea where I can get the amber ones and how expensive they are? TIA and Happy New Year.

You can still get the "drop in" round euro lights new today. I wouldn't waste my money on a tired, pitted, and ruined set like that.

-J

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

I liked the look as well and looked forever (Bosch, ebay, MB yards) wound up knuckling under and getting them from a dealer for about $65 apiece. Still have the parts numbers around here someplace if you need them. New clear lenses are available thru Fastlane for around $20 or so.

Either way a stickie would be nice!
They have one in the diesel forum also an ebay stickie

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Thanks. Don't bother with the part number just yet as $65/directional is outside my budget. Appreciate the info.

As a side note, looked into painting the inside of a set of clear signal lenses with Tamiya model 'lens' paint. Couldn't get a decent color match and the results weren't so hot.