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Offline Oz390

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'68 headlights
« on: September 29, 2012, 10:15:34 AM »
Looking for photos of how the headlight retainers mount to the fenders...

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Offline TLea

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Re: '68 headlights
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2012, 10:44:36 AM »
are you talking about the trim rings?
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Re: '68 headlights
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2012, 09:40:38 PM »
Nope, the two metal brackets that attach to the fender.  The metal bucket the headlight sits in screws into these, as far as I can tell... but I've fiddled with them a bit and they don't seem to fit very well...
8R03S : 76A I 2A 15M 72 5 U
8R01S : 65A B 2A 28M 72 7 5 - Factory GT
8R01C : 65A M 2A 01E 72 2 W - Cal Special
8F01X : 65A I 2A 2G 20E 24 1 U - EXP500 repli-bute

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Re: '68 headlights
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2012, 10:59:57 PM »
like this?


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Re: '68 headlights
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2012, 08:11:21 AM »
Thanks Tim... vendor had the parts mis-marked, no wonder they didn't fit!  ::)
8R03S : 76A I 2A 15M 72 5 U
8R01S : 65A B 2A 28M 72 7 5 - Factory GT
8R01C : 65A M 2A 01E 72 2 W - Cal Special
8F01X : 65A I 2A 2G 20E 24 1 U - EXP500 repli-bute