What year is this headlight bucket
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What year is this headlight bucket
63 and 64 had amber lens , so this is earlier , maybe 1961 or 62 . I just ran across this in my stash and wondered what year it may be . It is NOS with the real T3 bulbs .
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Re: What year is this headlight bucket
Could it be a 1960 ? The bucket has HFI-60 stamped into it .
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Re: What year is this headlight bucket
A significant clue might be the turn signal lens code...
https://sites.google.com/site/taillightcodesguide/
General Motors OEM codes from 1941-up start with the word "Guide", which is a GM brand. The first digit indicates the make: 1 for Chevrolet, 2 for Pontiac, etc. Other digits indicate the model and/or year. Go to "GM Guide Charts" to see how this works. Examples:
GUIDE R-1 GUIDE R-58 GUIDE R4-53 GUIDE R3-57A
GUIDE 16 SAE STD 69
Other OEM codes, including GM codes prior to 1941, often start with the first letter or letters of the make (CHEV for Chevrolet, PLY for Plymouth, etc.) or with two digits representing the year, followed by the first letters of the make or model, or in the case of 1962-up Ford codes, the first and last letters of the make or model name. Go to "Ford Charts," "Chrysler Charts" or "AMC Charts" to see how these codes work. Examples:
CHEVLITE FRST-55 PLYBI ARBO
PONTRAY SAE TSDB 62 FD SAE STDB 64 D SAE DBST 66 AR HL
http://chevellestuff.net/qd/guide_charts.htm



General Motors OEM codes from 1941-up start with the word "Guide", which is a GM brand. The first digit indicates the make: 1 for Chevrolet, 2 for Pontiac, etc. Other digits indicate the model and/or year. Go to "GM Guide Charts" to see how this works. Examples:
GUIDE R-1 GUIDE R-58 GUIDE R4-53 GUIDE R3-57A
GUIDE 16 SAE STD 69
Other OEM codes, including GM codes prior to 1941, often start with the first letter or letters of the make (CHEV for Chevrolet, PLY for Plymouth, etc.) or with two digits representing the year, followed by the first letters of the make or model, or in the case of 1962-up Ford codes, the first and last letters of the make or model name. Go to "Ford Charts," "Chrysler Charts" or "AMC Charts" to see how these codes work. Examples:
CHEVLITE FRST-55 PLYBI ARBO
PONTRAY SAE TSDB 62 FD SAE STDB 64 D SAE DBST 66 AR HL




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Re: What year is this headlight bucket
The turn lens has HFI-60 also . I don't see anything else except part number on it
Re: What year is this headlight bucket
FWIW, my 63 has amber parking lens which are marked “Guide HF I-60” on each lens.corvair500 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:58 am Could it be a 1960 ? The bucket has HFI-60 stamped into it .
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Re: What year is this headlight bucket
The white lenses are pre 63
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