66 headlight assembly

[thebankerstoy]

Funny stuff...I just pulled a Charger grill and headlight assembly off the shelf to start prepping for install on my '66. Thank you so much for posting the blown up pic from the parts manual.....GREAT TIMING!

Always happy to help bike_guy123!

I hope that you also have the Charger front fenders as well, as the 1966 and 1967 Charger's rotating headlights won't fit with the 66 Coronet front headlight buckets in place, so if you don't have the Charger fenders you will need to modify the Coronet headlight bucket assemblies to make room for the Charger headlight assemblies.

You will also need the Charger's front of hood trim, as that is completely different than the 66 Coronet's hood trim and you will also need the Charger's dash mounted headlight actuator switch and headlight switch, as well as all of the wiring and other various parts to make the 66 Charger headlights work on the 66 Coronet.

The 1966-67 Charger dashboard shell, dashboard wiring, dash pad and obviously the instrument cluster are also all different from the 1966-67 Coronet's.

Richard

1966 Charger dash



And the slightly different 1967 Charger dash

[bike_guy123]

Thanks for the info...as part of my cost average down for my project, I think I have parted out 5 or 6 Un saveable Chargers over the last 16 years. It all started out with trying to purchase the headlight surrounds for the Charger. I found 2 junk cars for the price some were asking for used surrounds...I have Charger fenders, hood trim, switches, relays, supports......and enough motors for backups of backups.....and now I'm armed with the schematics of electrical diagrams and what you posted!I am not

[thebankerstoy]

Thanks for the info...as part of my cost average down for my project, I think I have parted out 5 or 6 Un saveable Chargers over the last 16 years. It all started out with trying to purchase the headlight surrounds for the Charger. I found 2 junk cars for the price some were asking for used surrounds...I have Charger fenders, hood trim, switches, relays, supports......and enough motors for backups of backups.....and now I'm armed with the schematics of electrical diagrams and what you posted!I am not

Excellent, sounds as if you'll have most everything that you'll need to make the swap. I'm sure that all DCR members would enjoy you starting a thread in the Coronet Restoration forum when you start this project so that we can follow your progress as the project goes along.

Richard

[bike_guy123]

I'll do what I can...I'm not to good about taking pics...I guess I get so excited about progress I want to keep on moving...so, that being said, I'll try.:p

[Xpsyclonex2002]

You might get into a jam when it comes to the headlight buckets on the fenders. I believe they are welded in on '66 cars. You would have to find donor fenders and cut them out or swap the whole fender. Maybe the front end was rebuilt using parts from a '67 car? Someone correct me of I'm wrong about this?

you're right. my front fenders are off of a 67 so the buckets are missing. I'm in a jam. I need those buckets for both sides. anybody sitting on a pair of rotted fenders that they can be cut out of?

[thebankerstoy]

I don't know of any 1966 fenders sitting around for sale at the present time, but there is a set of the 1967 complete headlight bucket assemblies on ebay currently. Below are the ebay auction links for those.

Passenger side headlight bucket assembly auction link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/142324904402?_tr...EBIDX%3AIT

Drivers side headlight bucket assembly auction link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/132137500363?_tr...EBIDX%3AIT

Richard

[Xpsyclonex2002]

I have the 67 buckets. When I get back in the garage, I'll check to see if they work on a 66 grille. It would be reasonable to think that, even with slight modification, they should still work.