L88 headlight bucket template
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11-24-2005, 05:55 PM
#27
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Originally Posted by Blair Winch Project
My headlight assemblies are out of the car at the moment, so I'll hold one of them upside down in the opening to see how it looks and take a few pics. The body is off the car so I can get some underneath shots as well. A very interesting idea indeed.
Rick B.
Rick B.
Rick B.
11-24-2005, 07:25 PM
#28
Originally Posted by Blair Winch Project
Flipping the assemblies will not produce that look. The pics will show what I mean.
11-24-2005, 08:47 PM
#29
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Originally Posted by TonySinclair
Very interested in seeing a pic before I order mine.
11-25-2005, 02:54 AM
#30
Originally Posted by Star79
You are gonna attempt to make your own buckets first aren't ya? All of us that did already are pulling for you!!
11-25-2005, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Twin_Turbo
Seriously, the flip the lid type approach is pretty nifty and all but the weight saving is just why most do the fabbed bucket thing, I like the look of the stock headlights but man do they weigh a ton
Oh yea, before anyone goes to a local fab shop with the posted template, take a good look at it, there are errors in it
Oh yea, before anyone goes to a local fab shop with the posted template, take a good look at it, there are errors in it
Out of curiousity....what are the errors?
11-25-2005, 04:17 PM
#32
one of the errors has been ironed out (the 8" measurement) but if you build them to that template they won't fit. There are some other measurements that are wrong, also on the ouboard flap there needs to be a notch on the side where the upper flap bends back to the header bar and the curved sides are too tall and too steep, they didnt' fit worth a damn on my 82, they weren't wide enough either. I have a mockup one and changed it so it's dead flush with the underside of the front clip, oh and on the later models the nose bar will interfere also, requiring notches on the front of the curved sidewalls.
11-25-2005, 04:46 PM
#33
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As an fyi, those measurements where taken off of the ones for my car ..a 69........they DONT fit perfectly but the are modelled after the originals.
I believe there are difference's from the earlier years (68 to 72) and the later cars in the headlight areas.
The picture looks wrong as the front edge should be angled, not straight as i have shown.
Nick
I believe there are difference's from the earlier years (68 to 72) and the later cars in the headlight areas.
The picture looks wrong as the front edge should be angled, not straight as i have shown.
Nick
11-26-2005, 02:03 AM
#35
Originally Posted by lvrpool32
As an fyi, those measurements where taken off of the ones for my car ..a 69........they DONT fit perfectly but the are modelled after the originals.
I believe there are difference's from the earlier years (68 to 72) and the later cars in the headlight areas.
I believe there are difference's from the earlier years (68 to 72) and the later cars in the headlight areas.
11-26-2005, 02:36 AM
#36
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Okay, here are links to pics, shape and style courtesy of (err, stolen from..) patsnitrovette. (pics are too big to stick into this thread)
Cardboard template that fits a 79.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IM001211.jpg
Finished buckets from template, only changes were the "rounded" sides on template were made straight on my metal ones
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IM001230.jpg
buckets test fitted on car
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IM001226.jpg
Finished (holes cut for headlight rings, small holes made for brackets to hold the Lexan covers someday, primed and painted...)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IM001233.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IM001232.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IM001231.jpg
Cardboard template that fits a 79.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IM001211.jpg
Finished buckets from template, only changes were the "rounded" sides on template were made straight on my metal ones
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IM001230.jpg
buckets test fitted on car
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IM001226.jpg
Finished (holes cut for headlight rings, small holes made for brackets to hold the Lexan covers someday, primed and painted...)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IM001233.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IM001232.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IM001231.jpg
11-26-2005, 02:45 AM
#38
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Originally Posted by Twin_Turbo
that's what I mean, look at the huge gaps between the buckets and the fiberglass...I don't want it like that.
Hey, don't forget, I made these in my kitchen!!
11-26-2005, 03:03 AM
#39
I made mockups from the drawings and left a little extra material here and there...and I got them to fit reasonably well after some trimming...but I had to notch some sections for the nose bar and header bar. Yours came out pretty good, mine are too narrow, the sides are visible through the opening the bucket is smaller in width than the door opening
