Question About 1958 headlights

[hogfarm]

Couple silly questions about my headlights.
When I got my truck most of the parts where just a a pile in the cab,so there are a lot of pieces I don't know how they were put together.Now I'm installing the headlight buckets and the bezels,but have no screws.do I need to use speed nuts?and what size do I need? and is the low beam on the inside or outside

[Black_Sheep]

I believe the screws to attach the headlight buckets to the fenders are #10 phillips pan head sheetmetal screws. Low beam is to the outside

[_Ogre]

buy oval head stainless, home depot has them

[hogfarm]

Thanks
went to Home Depot and got screws

[OrrieG]

To attache the headlight bucket to the fender I used truss head screws, wider and flatter than a pan head.

[dsraven]

careful torquing up the stainless, they break easier. no rust though.

[paulspickupparts]

Original Chevy was a hex head . GMC ran phillips head.

[hogfarm]

Things are going slow right now.I have the screws for the headlight stuff but ran into a different problem.needed to install the parking lights before I installed the grill,grabbed the lights getting ready to paint and found they are trash,serious rust.If someone as a set let me know

[_Ogre]

my chrome parking light bezels were pretty bad with pits, holes and rust
sand blasted, fiber filler inside, bondo outside, epoxy primer and paint
they've looked fine for 10 years, this was taken last year

[hogfarm]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

my chrome parking light bezels were pretty bad with pits, holes and rust
sand blasted, fiber filler inside, bondo outside, epoxy primer and paint
they've looked fine for 10 years, this was taken last year

Mine are real bad rust

[_Ogre]

yep. i'd still blast them to see what you end up with
with long hair fiber filler you can basically build a new one from scratch
mine were almost that bad

[hogfarm]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

yep. i'd still blast them to see what you end up with
with long hair fiber filler you can basically build a new one from scratch
mine were almost that bad

OK my project for the day

[_Ogre]

at $40 each plus shipping i figured it was worth fixing them
of course you end up paying yourself $5/hr for the effort

[hogfarm]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

at $40 each plus shipping i figured it was worth fixing them
of course you end up paying yourself $5/hr for the effort

Good news
I told my painter friend what I planned on doing,He hates when I paint suff,He told me just glass bead the parts and he would do the rest......

[_Ogre]

if your paying someone else to do it, probably cheaper to buy the new chrome bezels

[hogfarm]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

if your paying someone else to do it, probably cheaper to buy the new chrome bezels

Ogre
My friend never charges me,he will paint it when he is doing something else

[1project2many]

That is a good friend to have!

[_Ogre]

sweet