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Discussion in 'Traditional Customs' started by 39custom, Jun 7, 2024.

  1. 39custom
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    From this weekends Custom Car Revival.
    What were these headlights originally off? IMG_9834.jpeg
     
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  2. corvette-c1-1959-chevrolet-corvette.jpg Early corvette maybe. I like it.
     
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  3. squirrel
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    nope, the Vette bezel is a flatter shape, and has a lump in the middle. It's something else.

    61.jpg

    mystery.jpeg
     
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  4. fuzzface
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    i think they are but upside down.
     
  5. squirrel
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    the curve is wrong, the length is wrong, even the screw holes are in the wrong place. They are not corvette.
     
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  6. 69fury
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    I agree. Even the screw holes line up if flipped. Hard to tell due to reflection, but the bump may still be present, just underneath.

    -rick
     
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  7. 49ratfink
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    you will have to google every car made from 1958 to 1965 to figure that one out.
     
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  8. squirrel
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    I've spent a lot of time fondling a pair of 62 Corvette headlights...they're not the same.... :)
     
  9. fuzzface
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    [​IMG]
    the upside down bump are a little easier to see here
     
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  10. squirrel
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    well then they have to be corvette bezels, eh?

    truck.jpeg
     
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  11. fuzzface
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    Ok, i think i see where are confusion is. I am looking at 58-60 vette headlights and squirrel is looking at 61-62. i was trying to post the 58-6- headlights but for some reason i can't post them here.
     
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  12. fuzzface
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    Moriarity has pictures of this truck from the 2021 custom revival show so he might have a pretty good idea what these are seeing he saw it close up.
     
  13. Busted Knuckles
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    I looked at this truck multiple times over this week and I'm going with Corvette.
     
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  14. Busted Knuckles
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    Here it is
     

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  15. ...sooo, they 'glassed" em on?
     
  16. 49ratfink
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    looks like they are screwed on like stock. I think there are 2 screws on the top which would be the bottom on the Vette
     
  17. not the bezels, the humps...
     
  18. verde742
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    I remember a "40 Ford had very similar headlites
     

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