headlight assembly mounts?
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Drifting
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: Schaumburg (Chicago) Illinois
headlight assembly mounts?
My car has the square headlight mods and the original headlight holes were glassed over. In about a month or two I will be working on restoring it back to original configuration. I can't figure out what the headlight assemblies are supposed to mount to. I don't see anywhere to bolt them on under there. DO they mount to the grille supports?
Anyone have a picture for me?
Anyone have a picture for me?
Heel & Toe
Joined: Dec 2005
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they mount to the front support behind the bumper, and the metal support channel where your horn and head light control unit mount. that trapazoidial looking piece right in front of your forward hood opening. they are 5/16 bolts. i am doing a 68 right now and i will send you some pictures if you will send me your email through a pm. i haven't figured out how to send them in the forum yet. you may already know but the original 68 head light openings are small compared to 69-74, if you have your original front clip. if it has been replaced with an after market piece, the openings are generaly as large as those in the 69-74 types. let me know if i can help some more. take care, jim
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Drifting
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,912
Likes: 12
From: Schaumburg (Chicago) Illinois
they mount to the front support behind the bumper, and the metal support channel where your horn and head light control unit mount. that trapazoidial looking piece right in front of your forward hood opening. they are 5/16 bolts. i am doing a 68 right now and i will send you some pictures if you will send me your email through a pm. i haven't figured out how to send them in the forum yet. you may already know but the original 68 head light openings are small compared to 69-74, if you have your original front clip. if it has been replaced with an after market piece, the openings are generaly as large as those in the 69-74 types. let me know if i can help some more. take care, jim
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 2,092
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From: Fayetteville Arkansas
headlight assemblies
I'm in the middle of this too... with my 72... there are five bolts that hold the headlight assmebly in place.... two in the front that mount to the nose bar and three in the back that mount to the header bar....these mount right up but it seems like there are some kind of spacers or something that mount in between the nose bar and the front pieces of the headlight assembly brackets. I haven't figured that one out yet. My old stuff has some crappy type of spacer that I can't clean up and make presentable but I can't see where they are listed anywhere in the AIM nor on any website so I might be wrong and these may be somme sort of bubba thing... hopefully someone will chime in so I can get mine correct too....
Sully
Sully
Racer
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 444
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From: Roselle IL
My car has the square headlight mods and the original headlight holes were glassed over. In about a month or two I will be working on restoring it back to original configuration. I can't figure out what the headlight assemblies are supposed to mount to. I don't see anywhere to bolt them on under there. DO they mount to the grille supports?
Anyone have a picture for me?
Anyone have a picture for me?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 2,092
Likes: 5
From: Fayetteville Arkansas
Heel & Toe
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 18
Likes: 0
I'm in the middle of this too... with my 72... there are five bolts that hold the headlight assmebly in place.... two in the front that mount to the nose bar and three in the back that mount to the header bar....these mount right up but it seems like there are some kind of spacers or something that mount in between the nose bar and the front pieces of the headlight assembly brackets. I haven't figured that one out yet. My old stuff has some crappy type of spacer that I can't clean up and make presentable but I can't see where they are listed anywhere in the AIM nor on any website so I might be wrong and these may be somme sort of bubba thing... hopefully someone will chime in so I can get mine correct too....
Sully
Sully
jim
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