64-67 Headlight buckets

[Lawrence Parisotto]

Hi,

I need to repair a couple of cracks in my 1964 Corvette Rodaster headlight buckets. Are these made of pot metal or aluminum? Need to find out for my welder.

Thanks in advance

[Joe M.]

Re: 64-67 Headlight buckets

Pot metal.
I have repaired these by making a mold of the section snapped off with plaster of paris. Drilled a couple of holes for thin metal pins and then poured molten pot metal from door handles into the gap. Can finsih off with JB Weld.

Crack repair depends on where the crack is. Try to releive the stress if the metal is bent by artistically bending to original position and then use JB Weld. Some side cracks will never show and can be left alone. That's the way i do it. Would be interested in other methods.