I remember when we thought rectangular sealed-beam lamps were modern technology. 
@āthe same mountainbikeā I go back even further. I remember my dad bought a kit to convert the headlights on his 1939_Chevrolet to sealed beam units. Sealed beam headlights were adopted by the auto industry in 1940. Sears, Montgomery Ward and other places sold kits for pre-1940 cars to install sealed beam units.
Yup, thatās further back than I go!
Ironic, isnāt itā¦ we went from headlight units using candles to headlight units using bulbs to sealed beam headlights to headlight units using bulbs. Hopefully candles wonāt be next.
We are enjoying trendy Kardashian Kar fashion and technology these daysā¦ What a shame.
A pair of magnetic flashlights with one stuck on top of each front fender is a better option than the factory LIncoln Mark headlamps. Seriously. Dead seriously.
Maybe I need to convert my Mark to a pair of antique acetylene lamps.
One guy converted his Mark by modifying the lamp housing to accept a pair of small 3 x 5 glass sealed beams on each side. Looked unusual but function before styleā¦
Harley was using sealed beams a long time before WWII although granted they were 6 volt.
Someone should bring out a set of adaptors so you could remove the factory overly complicated and expensive headlights and substitute an adaptor that takes the old standard sealed beams.
Fat chance, but I can dream.
I was looking for an example and found one here:
Man I ran it up to 300% enlargement and with my glasses and magnifying glass, still canāt read what it says. Is it supposed to say Sylvania?
Yep, it is upside down in the pic but is reads Sylvania.
I couldnāt read it either, and it lacks sufficient resolution to enlarge sufficiently, but I believe you. You post here often enough that Iād stand up for your integrity.
Now, where am I againā¦??? 
I tried all sorts of combinations without posting the original file which is huge. Zooming in just makes it worse.
The reason I wanted to see it first hand was to perhaps gauge the level of involvement based on the degree to which they molded in any recognition. It is significant IMO. They wanted to advertise their involvement.
That being said, lots of companies try to grow their business by moving up the food chain. We make lamps, why not also make the housings and supply a higher level of integration to our customers = more revenue and more profit? Ideally. Then the reality of the challenge sets in.
Then they soon discover they are in over their heads. The devil is in the details. The forth quandrant- the things you donāt know that you donāt know 
I searched all over their web site looking for clues about them engaging in this type of āvalue addedā service. No dice. Chances are, they fell on their face, got fired and exited silently.
Of course, this is seldom a one sided failure. It usually takes ignorance, incompetence or some mix of the two to result in such a face plant. The fact the vehicle manufacturer also messed up the power scheme tells me something about their likely culpability in the whole messā¦
You may find this interesting.
Iām interviewing candidates for an open position.
I ran across a resume that had a prior work experience listed including a stint at Osram/Sylvania. One of the projects listed was the Lincoln Mark VIII HID lamp ballast and electronics.
I interviewed this person and specifically asked about this project.
Got the entire history. This guy was brought in after it was already struggling.
But it certainly was an interesting discussionā¦
Tell us more.