classic industries 68 cuda headlight bezels

partsmonsta said

Hey Matt;
Just to letcha know, many of the 68 Cuda Guys prefer the 67 Headlight Bezel because they feel it is a cleaner look w/o the side bolt hole. They still bolt up the same.

I would stay away from drilling the hole. The OEM hole has been chamfered, which you will have a hard time duplicating with Aluminum.
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If you have the opportunity to go with OEM parts for your Cuda, I highly recommend it. I think you will find sending a decent core pair to me for redo will far exceed the repros and at 220 each, it's worth the reassurance of knowing your OEM Stuf is gonna work PERFECTLY. :D

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As an aircraft sheetmetal structures mechanic fabricator, I have been able to duplicate the pressed in countersinks in aluminum and steel sheet . Its not actually a chamfer, rather its pressed as a countersink.

I have various steel blocks with countersinks in them. These are fit behind the hole you are wanting to press into a countersink. Then you fit a countersink machine screw into the hole from the front side, and thru the block with the countersink, and attach a nut the the end of the screw, and tighten down pulling the screw in pressing the metal into a countersink shape.

However the 68 bezels already have an additional hole in them, all i have to do is add a small drill hole to each fender for the additional screws. As long as they fit the same as a 67 thats the important thing, since they are listed as 68, and i would be putting them on a 67.