Headllight Hole Diameter?

[turvuren]

I measured an Attex 252 crazy colt at 5&3/8

[LarryW]

That explains why some are such a pain to get in. The holes are all different sizes!

Turvuren, dont ever take yours out, thats a real tight fit, lol.

[hydromike]

I know you're jonesin to get them measured, but we can go out and see if I have an old body when you're up this saturday.... I think the old Chief top is still out there....

What are you actually cutting out, anyway? If you want to use blacked out lights with the rubber grommets, won't you need to have the standard grommetted-style diameter cut out of the T-Chief top? You're a weird dude, so I really have no clue what's going on....

That explains why some are such a pain to get in. The holes are all different sizes!

Turvuren, dont ever take yours out, thats a real tight fit, lol.

If you let the rubber grommets sit in hot water for a few moments before trying to put them in, they slip in like brand new....

~m

[6X6]

Don mentioned heat, and a Heat gun on the headlight rubbers on the racer and they popped out like nothing. Hot water or heat gun would do the same, I'm sure, for install.

[jpswift1]

I know you're jonesin to get them measured, but we can go out and see if I have an old body when you're up this saturday.... I think the old Chief top is still out there....

What are you actually cutting out, anyway? If you want to use blacked out lights with the rubber grommets, won't you need to have the standard grommetted-style diameter cut out of the T-Chief top? You're a weird dude, so I really have no clue what's going on....



If you let the rubber grommets sit in hot water for a few moments before trying to put them in, they slip in like brand new....

~m

Hey Mike, Here's the story with what's going on. The racer is a 1973 440 Thunderchief. The 1973 Chief and Thuderchiefs came with chrome headlight bezels and the headlight holes were a smaller diameter than the 1974+ Chiefs and Thunderchiefs that used a rubber grommet to mount the headlights. Here's what a 1973 looks like with the headlights out:



I'm just cutting the holes out a hair bigger so they will accept the black rubber grommets. Attex cut smaller holes on the 1973 Chief and Thunderchief machines because they used the chrome bezels to hold the headlights on and they protruded out of the body a bit more than the 1974+ machines. This way, the machine will look like a 1974+ and I can use the blackouts with the rubber grommets. And plus the chrome headlight bezels won't really work with blackouts either.



I can be a stickler when it comes to details sometimes. Hopefully this cleared up the confusion. Thanks again everyone for all the help and I look forward to some custom fab work up at the shop this weekend Mike.......I'm certain that it'll be a good time as always.

[hydromike]

I had to do the same thing with my EFI Chief; I was just wondering if your ultimate plans included the blackouts and rubber grommets. Gonna be beautiful fabbing weather this weekend. 70's! There's an auction that morning in Medina, so who knows what might be dragged home for you to inspect/drool over when you pop in. These folks tend to accumulate a lot of junk over the winter months.
~m

[jpswift1]

I can only imagine what you and the crew chief will be bringing back from that auction.......I'd be willing to bet it'll be something fun or truly out of the ordinary, like that 3 wheel John Deere sand trap groomer. 70's in April in WNY is quite unheard of so we'll definitely have to take full advantage of that situation as if it were some intoxicated girl that I went to college with. OK, I'm not going to open that can of worms now.......we'll save the stories for this weekend :X Just wait until you see your reflection in the hood of the Thunderchief.......I'm amazed every time I see the transformation of a yellowish-white chalky oxidized ABS Attex bodies into "just out of the showroom" condition.