Wayne's Square Head Lights
Don't know why, but I just happened to go to the Seattle X1/9 site today.
The blue car is my 1979 'X' with stationary square head lights. Am old school, so I hit the wrecking yard for parts. Turned out that Mustang used a plastic fixture that housed two square head lights on each side. Bought one side and cut it in two. Then cut away enough X-1/9 and Mustang so I could position the lights where I wanted them.
Looking close at the picture you can see that the plate on top of the headlight is cut at an angle that matches the angle of the front trunk. It is made from a flat piece of steel. The plate has bent down flanges that hold it in place with screws; however, no flange along the front.
I next put some lights in the Mustang fixtures and played with headlight adjustment, and over-all looks. Then used fiber-glass/matt to hold the fixtures in place.
I was able to modify the covers that are above the head lights so they screw to the body. Almost looks stock.
It really isn't finished. It needs some type of plastic cover to bridge the gap around the lights----maybe later.
Wayne
Don't know why, but I just happened to go to the Seattle X1/9 site today.
The blue car is my 1979 'X' with stationary square head lights. Am old school, so I hit the wrecking yard for parts. Turned out that Mustang used a plastic fixture that housed two square head lights on each side. Bought one side and cut it in two. Then cut away enough X-1/9 and Mustang so I could position the lights where I wanted them.
Looking close at the picture you can see that the plate on top of the headlight is cut at an angle that matches the angle of the front trunk. It is made from a flat piece of steel. The plate has bent down flanges that hold it in place with screws; however, no flange along the front.
I next put some lights in the Mustang fixtures and played with headlight adjustment, and over-all looks. Then used fiber-glass/matt to hold the fixtures in place.
I was able to modify the covers that are above the head lights so they screw to the body. Almost looks stock.
It really isn't finished. It needs some type of plastic cover to bridge the gap around the lights----maybe later.
Wayne