I finally took the challenge of installing the light buckets into the front fenders!
The pre-owner installed them in a funny way, they were not protected from the inner side of the fender and the chrome rings were riveted onto the fender!
I tried to do better, so I cut out chunks of the fender to make the repro VW light buckets fit:
This is the old hack job:
The outer line marks the contour of the chrome ring, the inner line is a rough estimate how much material had to go.
Mock-up of the light bucket and chrome ring:
Chrome ring fitment is good enough for a Streaker:
Light bucket in the final position:
For the first time in years: Headlights!
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