1968 Chevelle Mild Pro-Touring Build

[theastronaut]

Tracked down a pair of NOS '68 only short fender eyebrow moldings since the car doesn't have side trim. Not easy parts to find!




Since its going to be a driver it needed better headlights than reproduction T3 or new sealed beams. It's very tough to find even decent 5 3/4" headlights since the reflector area is limited. If you get an H4 then the low beam only uses about half of the reflector and lens area to create the low beam pattern, in an already small housing. I did some research and found Hella Bi-focus H1 housings that use the whole reflector and lens to create the low beam pattern.

The high beams are NOS Cibie H3 housings that have a little more peripheral lighting than the usual H1 high beam housing. We didn't want the low beams coming on with the high beams (too much foreground light) so these were a good solution to have enough light to see to the sides better on high beam.

Both lights are hooked up using a 12g harness and German made Flosser relays to take power directly from the battery- no voltage loss at the bulbs this way.