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Old Aug 28, 2018 | 12:45 PM
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I am installing my headlamp assemblies back into my 1970 roadster and noticed that they have a letter stamped on the retainer cup. Did not notice this when I removed them, is there an order for their placement? like A in low beam driver or passenger, B high beam, etc. A and B are the same pattern and C and D are the same pattern but different from A and B. Anyone help ? Thanks
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Old Aug 28, 2018 | 01:14 PM
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Looking at the front of the car the order is C B D A from left to right
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Old Aug 28, 2018 | 01:27 PM
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Looking at the front of the car the order is C B D A from left to right
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Thanks so much !!!! Now back to work on it.
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Old Aug 28, 2018 | 01:41 PM
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I just can't let this go, just can't do it. GM, that was just absolute Genius.
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They used the same cups on different vehicles (including the c2s I think) so I like to believe that at some point they made more sense on some different car..... or not
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Old Aug 28, 2018 | 05:49 PM
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Yes, there surely has to be a reason for those labels. No big deal, it's good that you could crack the code for us.
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