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Marchal Prices

Wow....am I missing something about this Marchal pieces?  The price for the covers is in the ballpark but $374 for two lenses and reflectors?  Heck, I'll take my NOS lamps apart and sell the parts separately!

Maybe it's the boxes?  :hick:



Quote from: STANG8U;411153
Yea it's hard to find cheap nos parts


You could be right my friend!
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Reply #1 –
I bought an entire car with marchals and covers on for less than that total!

With that said, they are getting harder to find. If I ever see one in the junk yard, they are broken.
CoogarXR : 1985 Cougar XR-7

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Reply #2 –
Personally, unless you are restoring a car to like new, stock condition, I see no reason to buy them unless they are really cheap. You can buy aftermarket lights at a fraction of the cost, that are brighter, and also have covers. People spend a lot of money for them to install on modded cars. Restorations? Sure, then I see the reason for them. otherwise. Nope.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Quote from: vinnietbird;411159
Personally, unless you are restoring a car to like new, stock condition, I see no reason to buy them unless they are really cheap. You can buy aftermarket lights at a fraction of the cost, that are brighter, and also have covers. People spend a lot of money for them to install on modded cars. Restorations? Sure, then I see the reason for them. otherwise. Nope.

Which lights do you use? Clear lensed?
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Reply #4 –
People go crazy for those

I've sold some on cl and ended up shipping them out of state

Also the fyp guys swoop them up in a hart beat

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Reply #5 –
Quote from: CoogarXR;411158
I bought an entire car with marchals and covers on for less than that total!

With that said, they are getting harder to find. If I ever see one in the junk yard, they are broken.

 
Good point, I paid less than that for whole cars! :hick:


Quote from: vinnietbird;411159
Personally, unless you are restoring a car to like new, stock condition, I see no reason to buy them unless they are really cheap. You can buy aftermarket lights at a fraction of the cost, that are brighter, and also have covers. People spend a lot of money for them to install on modded cars. Restorations? Sure, then I see the reason for them. otherwise. Nope.


Yea, must have been someone that really wanted NOS.
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Reply #6 –
I have Hella lights on my car. They were NOS, still in the factory Ford box with the harness and all. I got them about 4 years ago for thirty something dollars. Uber cheap, so, I'm using them. I'll probably swap them out for new aftermarket lights after paint. I got them because they were cheap. "Hella" lights have no important meaning to me. My car isn't even a Turbo coupe. I want brighter lights.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #7 –
I keep putting Marchal's back on my 86's because they give off great light IMO!  On my autox car, if I turn them off, I can't see ANYTHING.

88 t-bird tc - 14.97 @ 90  IHI 18 psi + k+n filter...so far - NOW HX-35 @25psi - 12.75@112    348rwhp/395rwtq
78 F-150 - 11.61@120 on 175shot N20 - 12.55@110 on motor - 5200# race weight:hick:

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Reply #9 –
If someone just has[/b] to have Marchals, then by all means pay the NOS price, but the Cibie Airport 35 is the exact same fog lamp (minus the cat logo) and is still being made.  Both Marchal (when it was around) and Cibie were under the same parent company (Valeo - and Cibie still is).  Granted - they are not that much cheaper at ~$210 for a pair, but they are new, are available in fog or driving light configurations, have the option of clear or yellow lenses, and come with (Cibie) covers.

EDIT: Wanted to add they they still use the H2 bulb in the Cibies, but I can get those for a couple bucks all day long at my local parts store.
Brian Leavitt
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Reply #10 –
So basically I have $600 worth of functioning Marchal fog lights and covers under the nose of my Mark VII. Cool. I hope I don't break them. I'm never turning them on again, for fear of burning out a bulb.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #11 –
What's all this about bulbs being hard to find? When I fixed up my marchals a couple years ago, the bulbs were at the part store with all the other bulbs. Have they been discontinued or something?
CoogarXR : 1985 Cougar XR-7

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Reply #12 –
They used to be not at parts stores at all...in fact, I'd find them at JC Whitney and that's about it. In the last few years they're available in more stores. AFAIK the Marchal lamps are about the only ones using H2 bulbs. They're definitely oddballs.

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Reply #13 –
Quote from: BLeavitt23;411207
If someone just has[/b] to have Marchals, then by all means pay the NOS price, but the Cibie Airport 35 is the exact same fog lamp (minus the cat logo) and is still being made.  Both Marchal (when it was around) and Cibie were under the same parent company (Valeo - and Cibie still is).  Granted - they are not that much cheaper at ~$210 for a pair, but they are new, are available in fog or driving light configurations, have the option of clear or yellow lenses, and come with (Cibie) covers.

EDIT: Wanted to add they they still use the H2 bulb in the Cibies, but I can get those for a couple bucks all day long at my local parts store.


Good info. And yes it depends on the situation.  Not sure if I'd put a pair of Marchal$$$/cover$$$ on a driver but they are the only thing that looks right on a show car IMHO.

What do you ask for at the local parts store (knowing how helpful they are sometimes! :hick:)  ? Just H2 bulbs?
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Reply #14 –
Quote from: STANG8U;411161
People go crazy for those

I've sold some on cl and ended up shipping them out of state

Also the fyp guys swoop them up in a hart beat


I know the lamps and covers are pretty desirable and bring some good money, but I'm baffled at the price someone paid for just a pair of lenses and frames????
:confused:
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