Need 1971 headlight advise
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Burning Brakes
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Need 1971 headlight advise
I took my 71 coup's headlights completely apart 25 years (along with everything else)or so ago with the intentions of restoring the whole car.
I have since then sold the car to my friend, the only local body man I would have ever trusted to restore it. With
this said he's ready to reassemble the headlight mechanisms, and I have no clue where to start. Is there anyone
out there that restores these units? We have all of the pieces. Good advise appreciated.
I have since then sold the car to my friend, the only local body man I would have ever trusted to restore it. With
this said he's ready to reassemble the headlight mechanisms, and I have no clue where to start. Is there anyone
out there that restores these units? We have all of the pieces. Good advise appreciated.
Le Mans Master
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[QUOTE=bracketshark;1598920454]I took my 71 coup's headlights completely apart 25 years (along with everything else)or so ago with the intentions of restoring the whole car.
I have since then sold the car to my friend, the only local body man I would have ever trusted to restore it. With
this said he's ready to reassemble the headlight mechanisms, and I have no clue where to start. Is there anyone
out there that restores these units? We have all of the pieces. Good advise appreciated.[/QUOTE It's not that hard to do yourself.
]http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/paint-body/1803-rebuilding-1968-82-c3-corvette-headlight-door-assemblies/
http://www.corvettemagazine.com/tech...l-replacement/
http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/vem...dlight-repair/
I have since then sold the car to my friend, the only local body man I would have ever trusted to restore it. With
this said he's ready to reassemble the headlight mechanisms, and I have no clue where to start. Is there anyone
out there that restores these units? We have all of the pieces. Good advise appreciated.[/QUOTE It's not that hard to do yourself.
]http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/paint-body/1803-rebuilding-1968-82-c3-corvette-headlight-door-assemblies/
http://www.corvettemagazine.com/tech...l-replacement/
http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/vem...dlight-repair/
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Burning Brakes
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From: Florence SC
AIM?
the whole light assembly is removed on both sides and completely disassembled in boxes, its been years since I took them apart.
We want to reassembled with new parts.
the whole light assembly is removed on both sides and completely disassembled in boxes, its been years since I took them apart.
We want to reassembled with new parts.
Last edited by bracketshark; Feb 21, 2019 at 03:56 PM.
Le Mans Master
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From: Lake Tahoe, CA
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Here's a bunch of pictures I took when putting mine back together along with some of the details, maybe pass it along
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...s-forward.html
Let me point out an often missed part, the headlight buckets are different, there is a letter stamped on each (ABCD) and the don't go in that order and it does matter
Looking at the front of the car the order is C B D A from left to right
M
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...s-forward.html
Let me point out an often missed part, the headlight buckets are different, there is a letter stamped on each (ABCD) and the don't go in that order and it does matter
Looking at the front of the car the order is C B D A from left to right
M
Last edited by Mooser; Feb 21, 2019 at 07:39 PM. Reason: added a note about the bucket order
