Pop-up headlights weren't just a styling trick — they were an engineering workaround born from U.S. federal regulations on headlamp height. The feature spanned everything from six-figure Ferraris to ...
The Cord 810 of 1935 is credited as the pioneer of hidden headlamps. Alfa Romeo followed suit in 1936 with a custom example of the inline-eight 8C, and who could forget the Buick Y-Job from 1938?