So I purchased the headlights today. They use a regular 7" sealed beam headlight. The front bezel is chrome and the shell is painted black. I will need to clean up the chrome and repaint the shells. The stem for the signals is also black.
I am thinking I will mount them forward of the coil over spring mount at a frame point that already exists. I have threaded suspension bungs that I can us to insert into the round tube end. And the turn signal will be able to hang below.
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I have to space the clamshell fenders out about 3" at the front to cover the wider front track and tires. Since the headlights and I are in Wisconsin rt now and the car is in Boston, I had to "draw" the lights for now until I get them back to the Locost the 1st of November.
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This is the old front suspension design. But the fender is spaced out as it will need to be. I am thinking of bending some alum in a "U" form and use round tube mounted under the U shaped filler to support/mount the fender. I will also add a bent tube under the fender to keep the fender from bending up under speed.
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This is the new suspension design. I still need to add a brace from the forward tube to the lower mount for the bolt attach point and trim off the excess steel bracket. This config actually narrowed the track 1.5" per side and moved the LCA mount points up 1.5"and in that 1.5". It is Mustang II tubular LCA w/o using a strut rod. It uses a 5/8" thru bolt 13" long. It is supported with a round tube in the middle of the bolt with a flange welded to the frame for support (it is behind the bellow for the tie rod).
The bung slips into the end of the tube. I will drill and tap a screw thru the tube to secure the bung. The wiring will pass thru the bung and tube into the area under the nose to the wiring harness.
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You can see the open tube here where the bung inserts. It will still place the headlight behind the end of the nose. But it will be further forward than the front suspension and allow the headlight to be mounted a little lower. It is an optical illusion that it looks like the tie rod end is tilted down. It is actually level with the lower control arm. But it sweeps slightly forward.