FAB: Has Anyone MADE Their Own HEADLIGHT MOUNTS?? The Part ON THE HEADLIGHT???

I have a set of crappy E&J repops, the shit kind from eBay. I'm getting them to a point where they won't look terrible, so I'll be running them. The problem is that they have no mounts attached to them. The good news is that there are no holes or anything for the mount, meaning I can do whatever the hell I want to.

Mt initial though was to scavenge the ball mount from the bottom of a set of old buckets, cut them off and attach them to a new plate that works on my headlights.

Any other ideas? They need to be adjustable, so a solid mount is out.

Thanks!!

PS Yes, I searched, but terms like "headlight", "fabricate", and "mount" bring up hundreds of posts.

 

I'm going to be buying some seconds off of OTB to sink into some fenders. I'll be cutting off that exact part. You can have them if you want.

Craig

 

I have. Don't have any pics, but me and my crew created some mounts with 1/8" plate. Made a 2.25" right angle then welded a 45 degree angle gusset. Mounted that on top of the IFS with the suspension's bolt. Drilled a hole and mounted some massive '32 Commercial headlights on my '34 Plymouth high-boy. BTW, we used two Craftsman 9/16" sockets as bushings. Hows that for hillbilly fabrication? It looks good too.

Not sure what you're looking for, but hopefully that'll help!

 

ScooterMcRad made his own............for his Model A.

Would that work?

 

I'm trying to do this next week when I'm off. Will you have them that soon?

 

Sounds like it. We are going to cut down a Model A headlight bar for the frame mounts.

 

I was gonna buy em anyway, lets see if I can get them by next week.

Craig

 

Made my own when running as a hiboy!!

 

I think his will bolt straight onto the stanchion *is that the right word or am I making shit up?*...........he fabbed them himself.

 

heres some custom ones welded to the frame, there made out of 16 gauge, 4 pieces to each one,(front back and 2 sides) a piece of exhaust tubing with a cupped washer on the top. the bottom of the bucket is slotted for adjustment.

george

 

I'm looking for the part that's attached to the headlight.

 

Yah, I don't remember seeing his headlights.........but I know he's got a system to mount that light to that bracket. I'll find out when he gets home.

 

Why not machine up a piece and weld it to the buckets you have?
It's just aluminum...
edit: you could even tap them.

Norton

 

I think your idea of scavenging the old ball and stud off another bucket is gonna be your best bet. Plus it will have the stock look, IMO

 

Machining the ball part would be beyond my skills. Well, doing it good anyway.

 

haha, good call.

I have some of the stock bucket parts if you want them.

Norton

 

like these bottoms...

 

Yep! Did you make them?

 

here is my light bar.....

 

nope...just wanted to give you an example
but i think they could be made.
I have seen your work before you can do that......

 

kirk if you're just looking for something to make the cup part out of look at some rocker arms, heavy enough steel and the hole is already slotted. i used some for headlight mounts awhile back and the worked great.

 

Kirk, these are the same as the one's that come on the OTB's. Just got off the phone with Bill and they'll ship on monday. Yours if you want em.

Craig.

 

Thanks for the confidence. I'm pretty sure I could get the job done from scratch, but I'm lazy and thinking I want to start with a pari and cut them up. The domed piece would be time consuming.

 

Oooohhh!! That's a great idea!

It looks like I may have tracked down a pair that I can get on Saturday to cut up.

 

Kirk i just robbed some off some old Deitz lights for mine, Just drilled out the rivets and reattached with small button heads. HTH

 

After reading your post a second time I see this is not what you are looking for......but someone may find it helpful.
I cut these out of one inch aluminum. Next I will machine a slot between the two pieces for the wire, weld them together and then shape it with a grinder and files.

More pics when they are done.........

 

So, Kirk, how did they turn out?

 

Didn't get to them yet. Looks like Tuesday. Thanks for the offer!!!!

 

Kirk, We built a 33 roadster with E&J's. For the base, I cut the ball off the base off a crappy pair of lights, then welded it to the base for the E&Js it worked really well.
Jimmy White

 

I cut the center out of a 28-29 model A headlight bar, faced it forward and heated and bent to fit my application.