I am surprised that you as an editor are using assumptions to make your case, but since I am not, I think I will. I should start off by saying that I am a "have-not" and deeply suffer from the rivet
Interesting comments. People make assumptions all the time to fill in the gaps when recorded history is insufficient to provide exact answers. The only harm is when people overlay known fact with ass
My BJ8 (36666) was built 6 June 1966 and has the riveted headlamp rims. They were on the car when I bought it in 1984, and since the car has not suffered any accidents, I have no reason to believe th
My '62 tri-carb (fairly late top-shift) has it's original headlight rings with rivets - no clips in evidence, just the rivets in the holes. My very late BJ8 is the same - rivets, no clips. I believe
?I have an original '67 BJ8 built in late September of 1966 approx. 400 from the end. I am the third owner and it only has 30,000 miles and has never been messed with other than one repaint. It HAS r
My unrestored 66 only had one headlight rim, just dug it out of the garage and and it just has the real rivet (no dimple) with no bracket, be it a slightly wider but less pronounced domed rivet than
Gary: HBJ8L39031, Built 10-17 Nov 1966, dispatched 16 Mar 1967. Rivets. JUST rivets. No clips at top. The rim hangs on the bucket at the top with a single screw securing the bottom. Now that you made
My BJ8 # 41193, with a March 28-29,1967 date of build has the rivets in the headlight rims, and to add fuel to the fire the rivets were/are chrome plated. I am the second owner of the car which has b
Your credentials as an engineer explain everything. I am well aware of the typical engineer's lack of spelling skills ;-) Regarding the rivet and those wishing to restore their cars with this featur
Well the seals are plenty around and cheap. Kees Oudesluijs NL [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a name of coudesluijs.vcf] __________________________________________
I know I am late on this; been busy. '62 BT7 - both rims have rivets one with and one without a clip, no dimples. The flange that faces the headlight bucket on the rim with a clip is flatter than the