<VV> Headlight confusion

[Les]

Actually, I bought the car in boxes so I didn't take it apart myself. 
Both buckets appear to be original installation (all the holes line up) 
and both backing plates are correct for the 'right side' type bucket 
(mirror image, of course). It's the left side bucket that is 
'precocious'. Or WAS precocious, a clever application of vice grips and 
metal fatigue has resolved this issue.

I figure the 'six tab' bucket is 66 style as it doesn't match my '65 
assembly manual. Of course my car is Canadian and my manual is US so 
who knows which is correct as original for this car?

Thanks,
Les

On Sunday, February 13, 2005, at 04:25  PM, N. Joseph Potts wrote:

> So, you can't put stuff back ON the car that you took OFF the car?
>      It sounds like you have a 1966~69 bucket on the right side and a 
> 1965
> bucket on the left side. It also sounds like you have 1966~69 backing 
> plates
> on both sides (although you didn't describe your left backing plate). I
> don't know if your car could have been assembled this way (with one
> "precocious" bucket?). Check again to see if both buckets are original
> installation. I believe the bezels themselves are the same 1965~1969.
>      Don't know what to tell you to do other than replace parts 
> (buckets or
> backing plates) so as to gain compatibility between each bucket and its
> respective backing plate. Funny they were on the car before, though . 
> . .
>
> Joe Potts
> Miami, Florida USA
> 1966 Corsa coupe 140hp 4-speed with A/C
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org]On Behalf Of Les
> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 2:45 PM
> To: virtualvairs@corvair.org; corvairs@sybrus.net
> Subject: <VV> Headlight confusion
>
> Hi,
>
> Puttng headlights back in my Canadian '65 vert & found something
> unusual. The right hand headlight bucket has three tabs; the headlight
> backing plate has three holes to match the tabs in the bucket. The
> backing plate has three tabs that match the bezel. So far, so good.
>
> However, the left bucket has SIX tabs. Three of them line up with the
> backing plate, and three of them line up with a bezel. But you can't
> install the backing plate because the bezel tabs are in the way. It
> almost looks like this bucket was modified so a bezel could be mounted
> with no headlight backing plate. It looks like it's factory that way.
> As far as I know, this is the bucket that came with the car.
>
> Any ideas? I can always knock the 'extra' tabs off the LHS bucket.
>
> Les
> corvair@mts.net