03-08-2020, 11:24 AM
They certainly did, Robert; quite a few early cars still have forward-mounted headlights today, and many of these would have been modified in period. Here's a very early car so modified; the picture probably dates from the late 1930s, or even post war, but the headlamps have been in this position for some time. (Gallery photo submitted by Peter Naulls).
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