Re: '40 110 advice needed

Posted by packardsix1939 On 2023/3/5 17:12:45

Many years ago, my late dad and I were restoring my 1940 110 sedan and we had to remove both headlight buckets in order to prepare the car for painting. The buckets are held down by a single large nut. As I recall, it was a 1" nut. The nut threads on to a hollow bolt that fits through the bottom of the bucket and the wiring threads through the bolt center. It is quite a job to get off, but I would just cut through the wire and then pull it out once you remove the bezel, lens and reflector. You are going to want to redo your wiring anyway. Then, you should be able to get a socket onto the nut. Good luck. But if you already have the whole front clip off, it shouldn't be that hard. My dad and I opted to just remove the headlight buckets and leave the rest of the car assembled as my front sheet metal was in pretty good shape. I had to crawl under the car to get access to the headlight nuts. Removing the grille with the grille shell on the car wasn't fun either, nor was reassembling the grille after replating and then trying to get it back on the car. But we somehow managed.