Head light bucket

[stokes.greg]

Where in the world can I find one of these for a 56 wagon? Macs doesn't have them.

[frank long island]

whats wrong with it

[Daves55Sedan]

To my knowledge, the headlight buckets are not reproduced by anyone.
At a minimum, 1955 and 56 Ford car headlight buckets are the same, maybe some earlier models as well, but not sure.
The need for replacement could be if the part is rusted out at the bottom or damage from a collision.
The bucket itself is a hat-shaped sheetmetal part that screws on to the headlight flange of the front fender. It contains a headlamp mounting bracket made of potmetal that fastens to the inside of the headlight bucket with a spring and two adjusting screws. The headlamp mounts onto the mounting bracket with a stainless steel retaining ring with small machine screws.
I have encountered many headlight buckets that were rusted out at the bottom. If you can find a junkyard that still has some old cars left, you might find some of these buckets that are still intact but the best bet would be to try to get them from the dry southwest, like in Arizona. Maybe Black Canyon or Hidden Valley auto parts. Hidden Valley used to take orders over the phone and ship out to your address.

[stokes.greg]

Originally Posted by frank long island

whats wrong with it

Rust and adjustment plastic piece is stripping.

[frank long island]

if its not rusted through blast it and paint the adjusters can be replaced

[Paul H]

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Have the headlights on your car been modified,frenched in or something?That is not a 56 Ford headlight bucket.

[RCM]

X2 on Paul. On the 56 the bucket is a bucket.
You can solve that rust and strippin issue. Blast it, prime it and paint it. Replace the adjuster for a metal custom made one.

[stokes.greg]

My lights look like this. I assume most of everything has been modified or changed.

[frank long island]

they are frenched do they mount from the back? you should be able to google French headlight kit and you should find something that will work by the way that is a beautiful car I always liked the wagons sorry I sold mine

[stokes.greg]

Originally Posted by frank long island

they are frenched do they mount from the back? you should be able to google French headlight kit and you should find something that will work by the way that is a beautiful car I always liked the wagons sorry I sold mine

Thank you sir.