2000c headlamps

[douglaski]

I have avoided posting, as I am still awaiting actual factual delivery of my 1966 2000c.

 

Meanwhile however I have been trying to get a set of headlights together knowing  that this in the car are goosed,.

So first trauma overcome,.. flat-headed slotted self-tappers holding the trim in place,..  OMG,. had to grind a coupe out which was unwelcome.

Neverthless a couple of stiff drinks I am fine,.. two questions for the forum,.

1. has anyone any wizard suggestions to source replacement sealing strips for the glass? seems to be fairly consistently deteriorated 4m mx 6mm?

2. all the lamps I have are more or less delaminated and/or rusty. So to remirror, any ideas on a diy solution?

3. halogen upgrade?

 

apart from that I think i have new headlamps. just need the rest of the car!!

thanks for any inspiration

Doug

[zinz]

8 minutes ago, douglaski said:

1. has anyone any wizard suggestions to source replacement sealing strips for the glass? seems to be fairly consistently deteriorated 4m mx 6mm?

I went through all of this with my ‘67, some years ago. Full disassembly was a lesson in patience, for sure. 
 

Walloth & Nesch sells a weather strip that worked well for me. You can see their part number on the bag in this picture. 
 

 

 

 

I was very lucky to find a set of NOS housings for the large lamp…but not the small one. The rest of the housings got repainted with “chrome” paint. It all came out reasonably well. 

 

 

 

Good luck with all of it!!

 

Ed Z

[douglaski]

3 minutes ago, zinz said:

I went through all of this with my ‘67, some years ago. Full disassembly was a lesson in patience, for sure. 
 

Walloth & Nesch sells a weather strip that worked well for me. You can see their part number on the bag in this picture. 
 

 

 

 

I was very lucky to find a set of NOS housings for the large lamp…but not the small one. The rest of the housings got repainted with “chrome” paint. It all came out reasonably well. 

 

 

 

Good luck with all of it!!

 

Ed Z

 

On 3/23/2024 at 3:58 PM, ketchup said:

Hello! i'm looking for a few things:

 

1. ignition tumbler / barrel with key 

2. 123 distributor

3. late model passenger side grille section

4. decent but not necessarily perfect sun visors 

5. hazard light switch

 

Many thanks!

 

[douglaski]

thats a great lead Ed Z ! I will follow up on the weather strip.. I am toying with a test of some new age chrome paint - I fear it may have the staying power of Kings of Leon. The trick will be getting the base smoothe enough I expect, but I have spares to work with. Once every 60 years I am thinking seems about right  enough!

[Steve76063]

18 hours ago, douglaski said:

thats a great lead Ed Z ! I will follow up on the weather strip.. I am toying with a test of some new age chrome paint - I fear it may have the staying power of Kings of Leon. The trick will be getting the base smoothe enough I expect, but I have spares to work with. Once every 60 years I am thinking seems about right  enough!

I'm curious about the 'new age chrome paint'...I have some old dual-reflector Marchal headlights with corroded reflectors that I've held onto in case I find a way to refinish them...if the paint works out for you, I might try dismantling them and refinishing them myself.

[zinz]

6 hours ago, Steve76063 said:

if the paint works out for you, I might try dismantling them and refinishing them myself.

 

The chrome paints that are available are no match to actually having them re-chromed.  The paint has almost no reflectivity, in comparison.  Just look at my picture above and compare the two lights (I did NOT paint the round reflector...I painted the turn signal reflectors and the whole housings). The older, round reflector is so tired compared to the brand new, rectangular reflector.  But even the round reflector is much more reflective than the surrounding paint.  

 

Trying to find a company that will replate these old reflectors is near impossible.  The chroming process is just too expensive.

 

Ed

[Steve76063]

2 hours ago, zinz said:

 

The chrome paints that are available are no match to actually having them re-chromed.  The paint has almost no reflectivity, in comparison.  Just look at my picture above and compare the two lights (I did NOT paint the round reflector...I painted the turn signal reflectors and the whole housings). The older, round reflector is so tired compared to the brand new, rectangular reflector.  But even the round reflector is much more reflective than the surrounding paint.  

 

Trying to find a company that will replate these old reflectors is near impossible.  The chroming process is just too expensive.

 

Ed

Yeah, I'd looked into re-chroming them which is why they're still just sitting on a shelf 😆

[douglaski]

10 hours ago, zinz said:

 

The chrome paints that are available are no match to actually having them re-chromed.  The paint has almost no reflectivity, in comparison.  Just look at my picture above and compare the two lights (I did NOT paint the round reflector...I painted the turn signal reflectors and the whole housings). The older, round reflector is so tired compared to the brand new, rectangular reflector.  But even the round reflector is much more reflective than the surrounding paint.  

 

Trying to find a company that will replate these old reflectors is near impossible.  The chroming process is just too expensive.

 

Ed

 

Its not a complete lost cause. There are those that might try to chrome their exhaust manifolds even, and they are catered for,.. Anyhow I have made my choice and now just awaiting delivery (which I warn may be weeks, round here)