March 2014
VHR attending Techno Classica Essen
VHR will be attending the Techno Classica Essen from the 26th to 30th March 2014. Come and visit us in Hall 2 at stand number 217
April 2013
VHR attending Techno Classica Essen
VHR will be attending the Techno Classica Essen from the 10th to 14th April 2013. Come and visit us in Hall 2 at stand number 217 – look out for the VHR flag.
September 2012
VHR attending Beaulieu International Autojumble
VHR will be attending the Beaulieu International Autojumble on the 8th and 9th Spetember 2012. Come and visit us at stand numbers R431-R446.
September 2012
VHR attending Goodwood Revival
VHR will be attending the Goodwood Revival on the 14th to 16th Spetember 2012. Come and visit us at stand number 136.
February 2012
VHR Win best portable luminaire at the Lighting Design Awards
VHR awarded best portable luminaire at the Lighting Design Awards hosted at Interiors UK. Lee received the award for the range of interior tripod automobile lamps. The range of interior lamps continues to expand – contact us for more details.
September 2011
Bespoke QK596 Interior Lamp
VHR reveal the QK596 version of the popular bespoke interior lamps for use in the office, garage, study or studio.
September 2011
Goodwood Revival
VHR will be attending the Goodwood Revival 17-18th September 2011. Come and visit us at stall number 82. Look out for Arkwright and Granville (BBC)!
July 2011
Divers Helmet Rear Lamps
Popular divers helmet rear lamps – updated pictures
July 2011
Racing Bentley Spotlights
New images of the racing Bentley spotlamps
December 2010
VHR Adds new lamps to the range interior lamps
VHR has developed a range of interior lamps for use in the home, office, study or garage. This new version includes a Rolls Royce Springfield Lamp.
September 2010
Beaulieu International Autojumble 2010
VHR will be exhibiting at the Beaulieu International Autojumble 11th to 12th September 2010. Stall number R421.
September 2010
Goodwood Revival 2010
VHR will be exhibiting at the Goodwood Revival 17th to 19th September 2010. Stall number 112.
June 2010
New 8 Inch Marchal Headlight (with deep body)
8 inch diameter Marchal headlamp with 9 inch diameter body
January 2010
VHR exhibiting at Techno Classica Essen 2010 (8th to 11th April)
VHR will be exhibiting from 8th to 11th April 2010 at the Techno Classica Essen. Please visit us at Stand Number 217 in Hall 2.0
December 2009
New Sidelights
New sidelights suitable for use with P100, P80 and R170 headlamps
December 2009
New Interior Lamps
VHR has developed a range of interior lamps for use in the home, office, study or garage.
September 2009
Beaulieu International Autojumble 2009
VHR will be exhibiting at the Beaulieu International Autojumble 12th to 13th September 2009. Stall number to be confirmed.
September 2009
Goodwood Revival 2009
VHR will be exhibiting at the Goodwood Revival 18th to 20st September 2009. Stall number to be confirmed.
June 2009
New Marchal 7″ Headlight Pictures
New pictures, including a painted version.
June 2009
New Bosch Spotlamp
VHR now manufacture a stunning Bosch Spotlamp.
April 2009
VHR exhibiting at Techno Classica Essen 2009
VHR will be exhibiting from 1st to 5th April 2009 at the Techno Classica Essen. Please visit us at Stand Number 116 in Hall 9.0
April 2009
New VHR Boat Lamp
VHR has developed a new lamp unit for performance boats. The first lamp units have been supplied to J-craft, manufacturers of contemporary performance boats.
March 2009
New Marchal CE 109 Lamp
VHR has developed a new RACING lens for the Marchal CE 109 headlight unit. The new unit contains lenses made from polyurethane.
March 2009
VHR launch a new website
The new VHR website has gone live. The old website will continue in parallel for a while. If you exprience any problems with the new site then please contact us.
November 2008
New Vintage Headlamp Stoneguards
VHR reveal a new stoneguard for vintage headlamps.
September 2008
Beaulieu International Autojumble 2008
VHR will be exhibiting at the Beaulieu International Autojumble 12th to 14th September 2008. Stall number to be confirmed.
September 2008
Goodwood Revival 2008
VHR will be exhibiting at the Goodwood Revival 19th to 21st September 2008. Stall number to be confirmed.
July 2008
Zeiss Spotlamp with mirror
Now available the Zeiss spotlight with mirror
June 2007
Zeiss Spotlamp with stone guards
Now available the Zeiss spotlight with stoneguards
April 2007
Rotax K596 Headlamp
Visit the new Rotax K596 headlight page. Here you will find details of the Rotax K596 headlamp which is suitable for Alvis and Riley vintage automobiles
April 2007
New Photograhs of the Smiths Headlamp
New photographs of the 9 1/4 inch Smiths headlight have been uploaded
April 2007
New QK596 Spotlamp Photographs
New photographs of the QK596 spotlight are now available.
April 2007
Peter’s Birthday Poster
Peter was presented with a VHR poster for his recent birthday,click here to view the poster that will be on show at Goodwood and Beaulieu later this year.
April 2007
Photograph Update
Some users have experienced problems viewing some lamp images when using IE6 on laptop computers. Several changes to the site have been made in an attempt to rectify the problem. Please revisit the Headlamp page to view the QK596, Zeiss, Rotax and Lucas headlights. Alternatively view the Marchal lamps on theclassic car lights page. If you experience any web site issues please contact us and we will attempt solve any problems associated with our web site.
March 2007
Beaulieu International Autojumble 2007
VHR will be exhibiting at the Beaulieu International Autojumble 7th to 9th September 2007. Stall number to be confirmed.
March 2007
Goodwood Revival 2007
VHR will be exhibiting at the Goodwood Revival 31st August to 2nd September 2007. Stall number to be confirmed.
March 2007
New Zeiss Headlamp
Photographs of the Zeiss headlight featuring stoneguards with different arm lengths
March 2007
New Grebel Spotlamp
A new Grebel spotlight is now available. This spotlamp has been designed to hang between a set of Grebel Headlights.
March 2007
New Grebel Headlamp Photographs
New photographs of the Grebel headlights now available
January 2007
The 2007 Catalogue
The VHR International 2007 catalogue is available for download in PDF format (adobe acrobat reader required).
October 2006
New photographs of the fabulous QK596 classic headlight
New photographs of the QK596 vintage headlight that is suitable for various automobiles but most commonly the SS100 Jaguar.
October 2006
New Rotax – Riley 9 Inch Headlight
New photographs of the Rotax Riley 9 inch headlight
September 2006
New MG Lamp
The MG lamp page has been updated with new photographs and details of the stone guards now available
August 2006
New Narrow Boat Lights
Narrow boat lights now available
August 2006
New Zeiss Headlight Modifications
New photographs of a Zeiss Headlight with modified stoneguards with a shorter arm to meet a client request
July 2006
New Springfield Barrel Headlamps
The new Springfield barrel headlamps and photographs of the complete Springfield barrel range of sidelights and rearlamps.
June 2006
New Rotax Spotlight Photographs
Photographs of the Rotax Spotlights
May 2006
New Rotax K624 Headlights
Photographs of the beautiful new Rotax K624 headlights – A MUST SEE!
April 2006
New Bell Sidelights
Details of the new Bell sidelight that is suitable for the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost
April 2006
New Pictures of the Divers Helmet Sidelights
March 2006
Pictures of VHR made lamps on the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Broadway Stage car
February 2006
Carello Classic Headlights
The Carello Lamp now in stock
January 2006
P80 Headlamp
New pictures of the P80 Headlamp
January 2006
Carl Zeiss Spotlight
New Carl Zeiss spotlamp
January 2006
7 Inch Rotax Spotlight
New 7 inch Rotax Spotlight
December 2005
7 Inch Spotlight
New 7 inch spotlamp available that is suitable for Rolls Royce automobiles and is compatible with R170 Headlights
December 2005
Product Fact Sheets
We are currently extending the range of product fact sheets that are available to download as PDF files. Visit the classic car lights page to download our current fact sheets
November 2005
The R100 Headlamp
Photographs of the R100 headlight suitable for 1930’s Bentleys and Rolls Royce Automobiles now included on the P100 page
September 2005
Download the VHR INTERNATIONAL BROCHURE in PDF format.
You require “Adobe Acrobat Reader” to view this document.
If needed, visit www.adobe.com to obtain the reader.
July 2005
The latest P100R, P100DB bulls eye and P100 stone guards updates.
July 2005
New pictures of the CAV spotlight containing a mirror
July 2005
New Racing Bentley Spotlight
January 2004
New PLG40 Bracket and Badge Bar – Available Now
December 2003
The classic car headlights section has been updated extensively. VHR now manufacture a wide range of Marchal headlights including the Marchal TP347 headlight, Marchal TP422 headlight, Marchal TP434 headlight, Marchal TP435 headlight, Marchal TP485 headlight, Marchal TP527 headlight, Marchal 125 classic headlight, Marchal CE109 classic headlight and the Le Mans classic headlights
December 2003
The range of spotlamps manufactured by VHR has been extended, click here to see the updated ON-line Catalogue
December 2003
The range of headlamps manufactured by VHR has been extended, click here to see the updated ON-line Catalogue
April 2003
Pictures of VHR made lamps on the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang WEST END Stage car
October 2002
New Marchal lamps added to our range
October 2002
New Grebel Spot Lamps and Hunting Lamps available
5th December 2001
New Marchal range of headlamps included in the online catalogue
8-9th September 2001
VHR will be exhibiting at the BEAULIEU INTERNATIONAL AUTOJUMBLE. Stand number R431-446
June 2001
VHR manufacture lenses. Fluted and figure 8 lenses for P100, QK596 and other headlamps are available.
January 2001
The NEW QK596 Spotlamp is now available. This lamp is suitable for the SS100 Jaguar and was designed to complement the QK596 headlamps.
January 2001
VHR now auction surplus reproduction headlamps via Ebay.com
Ebay.com is a net based auction facility that has a dedicated section for vintage automobile sales. Although we manufacture to order, we often have a stock of certain lamps and this facility allows us to advertise and sell any suberb lamps that we might have in stock.
October 2000
This NEW VHR web site is nearing completion – the old web site will remain operational, but all new additions will be made to this new version. If you find any problems with the web page or if you have any suggestions please feel free to contact us.
October 2000
A new electroplating workshop has been opened recently.
We now have the facilities for in-house copper, nickel and chromium plating.
September 2000
VHR finish in the top 15 companies in the European Export Awards 2000 sponsored by Barclays Bank. It was a tremendous acheivement for such a small company. Only three companies from South Yorkshire including VHR reached this stage of the finals. Local rivals were Swann Morton (Surgical blades) and AES (Precision steel seals), both £multi-million companies, 80 and 20 years old respectively. AES finally won the national competition and we congratulate them.