Technical I need a headlight Bezel ID please .Warning, it's a pretty crazy show rod.

I was thinking 65 GTO, but that's not it, then I thought maybe Corvair, but I don't think that's it either. I'm still leaning towards 60's GM though. I've done some internet searches, but no match yet. So I'm sure someone here will know.

 

early Econoline, sideways

and they added an extra light.

 

Yep, vertical lines between lights shows its been spun 90 degrees...

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Kind if have an English look - mid 60's Anglia with an extra headlight?

 

im thinking 60s Big Pontiac..

 

econoline

 

About '61 or so Chrysler. They are canted in their original setting.

 

I don't think they are Econoline, the headlights are the smaller ones.

 

goldmountain, The headlights are farther apart than the Chrysler ones, The Chrysler ones are what I originally thought they were.

 

63-64 Riviera outer bezel with fabricated center?

 

I havnt found anything thats 100% good luck! Looks like an econoline plus a rivi.

 

I can’t help you, but yes, that is a pretty crazy show rod. And I love show rods.

 

Are they a late 50’s early 60’s thunderbird tailight? I was thinking maybe it was European but I think maybe we are just looking at the wrong end. I think they are a tail light

 

Corvair looks like a close match.

 

'65 Corvair? Those look pretty close, but it's tough to tell from the pic...

 

dalesnyder, I agree, but I'm still not sure that's what they are. I guess the turn signal part could have been cut off.

 

The '65-69 Corvair looks very similar but doesn't have the turn signal integrated; those are below the bumper on the later models. If you ***ume the 'outside' edge is the lower edge as installed on the Corvairs, it looks very close.

The 'ribbed' insert between the lights may have been added by the builder.

 

Crazy Steve, the headlights on the Mini look farther apart than the 65 Corvair. Another thing I notice is the Corvair bezels appear to be anodized aluminum, the ones on the Mini appear to be cast pieces that are chromed. But I agree Corvair looks close, as well as 65 GTO.

 

Yeah, I went and looked at a pair, aluminum...

 

Too much of a curve for an Econoline. It looks like late model Corvair (1965-69), not the early models with integrated turn signals.

 

corvair! the point and the grooves are a dead giveaway

 

Do you know where that picture was taken? I'm suspecting those bezels were sourced off a non-US vehicle, something Aussie or European? One reason I say this is because I searched US models very hard for a pair of bezels similar to these and the closest I could find was the '61-62 Chrysler/DeSoto bezels, and that was after looking at every 'quad light' US brand/model from '58 into the '70s. I may have missed one but I doubt it. But as those were originally installed canted, when turned vertically the 'peak' is off-center and ends up looking awkward.

How bad do you want these? Before I abandoned the project I bought those for, I gave thought to making fibergl*** copies of the Chrysler bezels then cutting those in half vertically and making a plug with the peak centered for casting purposes. Labor-intensive and probably not cheap what with casting then plating, but it should be doable...

 

It's definitely not the 65-69 Corvair headlights. It may not be apparent from the pictures, but the 65-69s have a pronounced hood and forward lean to them, with the inside bulb clearly in front of the outside. The ones pictured by the OP are essentially flat except for the peak, and the bulbs appear to be in the same plane. Very possibly 60-64 Corvair though

 

”Snip snip”. Look at how thin the edge is on the inner right compared to the outer edge of left.

 

The big difference I see between all the ones we've suggested, and the mystery parts, is the outer edge rolls over. The Corvair and Econoline are recessed, so the outer edge does not have that bead rolling over.

It's a great mystery.

 

4 eye’d Econo? Hybrid mix up of Chevy Ford?

 

Sort of like if the integrated turn signal was cut off the stock 60-64 Corvair bezel.

 

That's definitely what was done here. Even the number of lines in between the bulbs is the same. The curve at the inside of the bezels on the Corvair became the curve at the top of the custom, and the early Corvair bezels are not recessed, so the amount that they stand out from the fender is correct.

 

Crazy Steve, the picture was taken at the Oakland Roadster show, late 60's, early 70's. USA