2 popup headlight conversion to 4 headlight

...I lucked into someone else doing this conversion and bought their headlight lever for my car...and know of a second person on the same path of converting to 4 headlights, the same crazy idea that the car just looks better that way . Hall sold the bezel sheet metal ($550 for many years) for the 4 headlights buckets (and if in luck, however they made them before they may still be available),  and you should be able to get buckets from any other Carello equipped small headlight car (quite a few of them). Yes, who would have expected, the grill/frame does need to be resized--at least, the intercrimp wire for the grill is available at Howard Wire, widening the chrome frame would take some more effort. You may also want to consider how to keep the delicate chrome trim around the headlight frames (only on the 4 headlight car).

Re: whether this somehow ruins the originality of your car--nah, I don't think so...I'd encourage you to do it just so you could sell me your headlight lever cover, but I'm finally close to making my own . 8ma1074 lost its headlight lever as well, I suppose owners then relied just on the spring to hold the bucket open (and then, like so many folks with 60's Camaros with hidden headlight, get out and flip the headlight up manually when its dark....). But someone out there may like your old pieces.