Support rod on Headlight assembly question
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Melting Slicks
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From: Working on the car NY
Support rod on Headlight assembly question
Here are my original headlight assembly supports. On the passenger side, besides having an inner and outer rod, there is another rod that extends downward. There is no such rod on the driver side. Looking through supplier catalogs and the Assembly manual, I can't find that there was this "downward" rod. Am I just missing this additional rod on one side and they are unobtainable?
Thread Starter
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 2,683
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From: Working on the car NY
Thanks both for your replies
. It may be a "Bubba" from one of the 2 PO's. I bought the car in 1973 and after taking out the supports see that one ear is broken off and a pop-rivet repair is on another ear so looks like it was 
probably tapped. I will match up with a rear fender bracket and see if it is the same. If so, it was probably "added" like said for additional support. Will update and thanks
ps. you can see the pop rivet repair on the side with the additional rod and the broken ear is on the same side front.
. It may be a "Bubba" from one of the 2 PO's. I bought the car in 1973 and after taking out the supports see that one ear is broken off and a pop-rivet repair is on another ear so looks like it was probably tapped. I will match up with a rear fender bracket and see if it is the same. If so, it was probably "added" like said for additional support. Will update and thanksps. you can see the pop rivet repair on the side with the additional rod and the broken ear is on the same side front.
Last edited by TWINRAY; Oct 15, 2011 at 11:19 AM.
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