Headllight Hole Diameter?

[jpswift1]

Does anyone have an Attex with the headlights out of it? I need to know what diameter of the hole is where the headlight goes so I can cut them out on my 440 Thunderchief racer. Thanks!

[nate52]

i just put my headlights in the other day, but i can get the measurement for you by the end of the day.

nate

[nate52]

hey jp, i just got done pullin my headlight and puttin it back in. the hole in the body for my headlights is 4 1/4" and the headlights i have are the sylvania 4000 and my machine has the chrome bezels. don't know if this helps much, but you should be able to cross reference the part number for the headlights.

[jpswift1]

Nate. thank you so much for doing that, but I totally forgot to mention that I needed a measurement of a machine without the chrome headlight bezels. The machines, both Thunderchief and Chiefs had chrome bezels in 1973, had chrome bezels and their opening is smaller than machines that had rubber grommet mounted headlights. Thank you very much for checking though, it is appreciated.

[nate52]

yea no problem. wish i could have helped. but hopefully someone chimes in with the information you need.

nate

[jpswift1]

No problem. Is there anyone else that might have an Attex with the headlights out of it that could measure the diameter of the hole in the body for me?

[turvuren]

I think I can measure one tomorrow for you. Do you think the poly body machine is the same?

[LarryW]

Is it same as a first gen machine?

[lewis]

JP i have the small holes in one of the tops. I'll get the measurement for you tomorrow if you don't get it before.

[jpswift1]

Thanks guys! I think the first generation Attex and the poly body Attex machines all used the same diameter headlights. Lewis, thanks but you don't have to measure the small holes. Nate has the small holes too and I believe he mentioned they were 4 1/2".....I do appreciate it though. The reason I need the measurement of the bigger holes is because I need to make the smaller holes bigger on mine. My machine that I'm building for my racer is a 1973 440 Thunderchief. In 1973 the 400 Chief and 440 Thunderchief had the chrome headlight bezels. I can't use the chrome headlight bezels with my headlight blackout inserts that I'm going to be running for this racer, so I will just be mounting them in the rubber grommets, like the 1974-75 style Chief and Thunderchiefs. The rubber grommets won't fit in the smaller holes so I have to cut them out a little bit larger. And guys, don't go popping headlights out just for me. They're a bear to get back in, and that's the reason I didn't take them out of my other machines to measure them, and on top of it the cold weather up makes the rubber and plastic super hard so I'd have to wait until it gets warm out to get them back in. Again, thank you everyone, I really appreciate all the effort.

[jpswift1]

Just wanted to see if anyone has the measurements for the headlight hole diameter still. Any help is appreciated. Thanks guys.

[LarryW]

If you are just doing black outs, I wonder if amphicat rubber grommets would work? Just an idea I though of because they use smaller headlights.

[jpswift1]

That's a good point, Larry, but I already have stock Attex grommets and blackouts that George made for me....thanks though I'd like to keep the body of the machine as close to stock as possible because I love the looks of the Chiefs and Tunderchiefs.

Still looking for the diameter of the Attex headlight holes, anybody know? Thanks.

[lewis]

Light hole size

5 and 5/8 to 5 and 11/16 give or take a few thousands. One of the light holes in mine is a smig bigger than the other. Hope this helps JP

[jpswift1]

Thanks Lewis! I really appreciate it, this helps a whole lot. So you have two Attex projects you're working on......the '73 Chief body and another one? Glad to see your collection is continuing to grow.