I have asked here before, I was wondering if there was something mis-aligned - Fender; hood; headlamp bracket, etc. and the consensus among the readers that the bezel was bent. So I bought a new bezel. The one that was thought to be bent was from the 1990s from NNN and that was the one in question.
So I purchased a new pair from Classic Industries last month, and NONE of the screw holes align. If I just put it up to the fender - the bottom of the headlamp hits the bezel and will not allow it to go back towards the fender and hood contours. It hits the headlamp.
Several days later I saw my origonal bezels and thought I would see how well they matched the contours of the fender, and if they covered the area. This is the result.
The first two photos are the 1960s bezels. The next two are the ones that were suspect to be bent. The last 4 are the bezel that was purchased from Classic Industries.
It appears to me as tho the headlamp bucket or retainer housing needs to be raised. But I see no way of doing that.
Any other ideas? This is really annoying the heck out of me with something that should be so simple - it is only 3 screws - on the OUTSIDE of the car - but this car just HAS to be difficult and nothing about this restoration has been simple on this particular vehicle.
The pics are of the origonal 1962 bezels.......
So I purchased a new pair from Classic Industries last month, and NONE of the screw holes align. If I just put it up to the fender - the bottom of the headlamp hits the bezel and will not allow it to go back towards the fender and hood contours. It hits the headlamp.
Several days later I saw my origonal bezels and thought I would see how well they matched the contours of the fender, and if they covered the area. This is the result.
The first two photos are the 1960s bezels. The next two are the ones that were suspect to be bent. The last 4 are the bezel that was purchased from Classic Industries.
It appears to me as tho the headlamp bucket or retainer housing needs to be raised. But I see no way of doing that.
Any other ideas? This is really annoying the heck out of me with something that should be so simple - it is only 3 screws - on the OUTSIDE of the car - but this car just HAS to be difficult and nothing about this restoration has been simple on this particular vehicle.
The pics are of the origonal 1962 bezels.......
