My old original sealed beams were 55/60W and had deteriorated so much the lights were shiiit.
When updating, no need for higher power globes, they can fry your dipper switch contacts anyway, even with heavier wiring unless you also fit dedicated H/lamp relays.
Forget the Ebay 'cheapies', and update to high quality quartz (expensive) semi-sealed lens/reflectors with quality (expensive ) halogen globes to
dramatically improve the brightness as well as having the modern sharp beam cutoff rising up on the left on dip.
This can be achieved with globes of the same power rating (50/65W) that means
no mod is needed to the wiring. When I updated mine in this way I found that high beams were so bright that I couldn't tell whether my OEM driving lights were switched on or not.
The total cost of the conversion was about $200 and was the best money I ever spent on the car.