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Old Jun 28, 2013 | 08:27 PM
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Ok, so I have a 79 with pop-up head lights, and looking at a set of daytona style fixed head lights on a 71. Is there a difference in the headlights between these years? Will these lights fit my car, and will my lights, and all the parts that make them work fit in his car?
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Old Jun 29, 2013 | 07:44 PM
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 09:39 AM
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Nose bars were different between 71 and 79. That may mean the 71 stuff will not bolt up to your 79 without a bit of tweaking on your part.

You'd save yourself some possible grief by ordering the aftermarket conversion for your model year.

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Well, I think I am all set. The car the fixed lights are coming off is a 71, but they were the fixed lights for a 77, so they will fit my 79 just fine. And he is doing a "flipnose" custom job, or something like that, but everything he is doing is going to have to be custom either way.

Thank you for the info though!
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