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habberdasher said:Then states must have HUGE files of what different cars had standard from the dawn of the automobile! Also, I don't think cars before and during the 20s had tail lights! Did they?
Tail and side lights have been standard since 1901 or 1902. Headlights were optional. IN the early days, the tail and side lights burned kerosine and most headlights burned acetylene gas which was either generated from Carbide and water or provided by a Prest-O-Light tank. The light from an acetylene headlamp is bright, steady, and blue-white, and is really quite good, even by modern standards.
With the coming of electric lighting, some cheaper cars omitted the side lamps and used a dual-filament bulb to provide a low level parking light.