Headlight headaches

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  1. chase259

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    I have spent a long time now searching and looking thought my catalogs to try and find the hardware to install the front headlights, I have the buckets, the bulbs, and the retaining ring but no hardware to install any of this? What do I need and where can I get them?
     
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    Melvin's should have everything you need. They should have the adjusters, buttons, buckets, headlights, retainers, and the hardware for the bezels.
     
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    They are early style and late style hardware. The cut-off date was somewhere in 1974
     
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    Are you working on your 70 Maverick?..If so, has either fender ever been replaced to your knowledge?.... The reason I ask is some of the hardware is specific to the 70 model year and would be different on a 71 and later fender.
     
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    This is 1970 original metal
     
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    Melvin's Classic Ford Parts carries the:
    Headlamp Adjustment Kit, Part # PE413......5.50 ea.
    Headlight Door Mounting Kit, Part # MM019....4.00 kit
     
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    Now this is what the guy I bought it from told me is there anyway to check and see if it's true?
     
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    Because I do have a 77 parts car that I thought would work for installing the headlights but now I'm thinking that I am wrong
     

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