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4SPEED427


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I don't think I ever heard of or saw this before. Would love to stumble on one in a wrecking yard though!

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The "Fly" look.

The housings must have been pretty big and clumsy looking.



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Ooh, that's nasty looking.

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mike667 wrote:

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 Wow, I never thought of looking for a photo. I've been too busy defending the honour of 66 Pontiacs in another thread!

I kinda like the custom look of it actually...



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sorry Carl,

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sorry Carl,

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 LOL, you gotta think "custom" Mark. We can't always think that quad lights have to be vertical to look good!



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I wonder if JC Whitney sells a single conversion for the 66?



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Now THAT would be custom!

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Lmao. Here you go.

 

 

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Yep, that's how it looks to me Mike lol!!

Actually, come to think of it...it looks better with the spider eyes.



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First time I've seen that conversion.  The sales pitch is somewhat sketchy, in a funny kind of way.

The Ford conversion is less ugly than the Chevy, I have to say.



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MC wrote:

First time I've seen that conversion.  The sales pitch is somewhat sketchy, in a funny kind of way.

The Ford conversion is less ugly than the Chevy, I have to say.

 I agree. You could make it work on the Ford (though it's not as nice as the 58 Ford factory setup). But it's not for the Chevy, IMO. 



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mike667 wrote:

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I have never seen these quad headlight conversions, and am curious where that license plate is from.   

On a related issue, many years ago I saw a conversion for 57 Chevy's, they had lighted hood rockets.   I've only ever seen it once, and curious if anyone else had seen them. 



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mike667 wrote:

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I have never seen these quad headlight conversions, and am curious where that license plate is from.   

On a related issue, many years ago I saw a conversion for 57 Chevy's, they had lighted hood rockets.   I've only ever seen it once, and curious if anyone else had seen them. 

 I think license plate is from Sweden



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hopwfully the headlight conversion stays there also yikes

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Most people probably know this but the fresh air intake vents are above the headlights on a 57 chevy, there is no grille below the windshield like a 55 or 56 chev.I wonder if those grilles were functional.

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mike667 wrote:

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 Boy.....you could take out a few cyclists with them things.......  I bet the backside is even uglier!



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