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I am having a hard time putting together the headlight for this project. I bought a repro western top and repro rocketray but I am having a difficult time getting the top to fit the bottom, Any help/input would be great!
 
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Mine also has a repo top and it required a little filing to get a decent (not great) fit. V/r Shawn
 
Good to know! I thougth I had better check before I went to town on the casing. I feel like its the side metal brackets from the base that don't have enought room.
 
I have done a couple of the repro headlights and I found that a dremel and a load of bits work the best. You will have to shave down the base also.
What happen is when they make the part, they use a mold from the original, but in the casting process the metal shrinks smaller then the original. This is a natural thing.

When your done grinding it down, bring it to a chrome shop and have them polish it, since it's made of zinc and tin it will polish to a chrome like shine. Then just put a clear on it. That's what I did with this one.

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The picture show a reproduction from Jerry peters off of eBay, they take some work getting them to work but turn out nice.
 
I have done a couple of the repro headlights and I found that a dremel and a load of bits work the best. You will have to shave down the base also.
What happen is when they make the part, they use a mold from the original, but in the casting process the metal shrinks smaller then the original. This is a natural thing.

When your done grinding it down, bring it to a chrome shop and have them polish it, since it's made of zinc and tin it will polish to a chrome like shine. Then just put a clear on it. That's what I did with this one.

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Untitled by then8j, on Flickr

THAT LOOKS AMAZING! I will definitely take it to get polished! Good to know I have to grind down the bottom as well. I really wasn't sure where to start and I was worried I would grinnd off too much. What kind of bits are you referring to directly with the dremel?
 
I'm referring to metal grinding bits for your dremmel, get a variety of them and figure out which ones work the best for each area.
 
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