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  • Terry F.
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    • September 30, 1992
    • 2061

    68 corvette headlight update.....

    Hi, I had several 68 people contact me so I thought I would post the info on the headlights. Just general information. I tend to interpret the information as showing that 68 corvette headlight housings/lids used a unique type of headlight capsule support "post." There are three posts that support and allow the headlight capsule to pivot during headlight adjustment. On 68 corvette, they were rounded at the end of the post. I am not sure when this feature disappeared, maybe early 69 but I have not looked into it. In any case if you want pictures of what this thingy looks like, just email me.

    Here are my results: 13 people contacted me but only 9 people sent me information on their cars. So, out of those 8 people that provided information this is what I found; May 10th 1968 car (rounded), Dec 1967 car (concave/not rounded), June 24th 1968 car (rounded), Aug 5th 1968 car(rounded), Nov 15th 1967 car(rounded), Nov 1967 car(rounded), July 18th 1968 car(rounded), May 1968 car (rounded). That is a lot of rounded headlight adjuster posts. This is a fairly easy item to detect and I believe it may be fairly unique to 68 corvette. Thanks, Terry
  • Larry Kelly

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    Re: 68 corvette headlight update.....

    Terry, Thanks for the update. The 68 headlight door must have been in a constant state of change. I read (here) that the size of the door changed four times in 68, getting bigger each time.

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    • Terry F.
      Expired
      • September 30, 1992
      • 2061

      #3
      Re: 68 corvette headlight update.....

      There is truth to that one. I am not sure what was going on on the door. I still haven't figure out the bezel thing. I believe there are two different size bezels for sure. They are a quarter inch different in size. I have one of each but they are from oposite sides of the car. I need to collect another large size for the drivers side and I will be able to prove this finding. I have looked at about 7 right side headlight lids out of 68 corvettes and I found atleast 3 sizes. Roughly, they are about 1/16th to about 1/8 inch smaller all the way around. I also looked at them closely to make sure nobody ground the edges down. 68 is a paint in the butt. But once you have all the parts back where they belong, it is a nice car. Terry

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