Round headlights

GunFactory · Post by **GunFactory** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:21 am

Hey,

Just curious as to how rare the circular headlight MY Wagons are - more specifically what are the chances of getting hold of a the lights and surrounds?

Also Crome rear and front bumpers? are there any kicking around?

I'm just blindly assuming they will bolt straight onto an 1983 model.. Is this the case?

Eli

Post by **Alex** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:17 am

round headlights...do you mean the gen1 leone shape? (are they the ea71 model?)

70s era, rare, theyd be hard to find but you could be lucky. Unsure if theyll bolt up, probably not.

alex

GunFactory · Post by **GunFactory** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:38 am

Hey Alex,

I ask because I spotted this fellow this morning.

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/campbell ... 1013914309

I just figured being 1980 model and looking the same as my car it may fit on...

Post by **Bantum** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 12:21 pm

Nope - It won't work for lights, as the sub frame behind & trim panels are all different ...

Bumpers might be interchangeable though ..

GunFactory · Post by **GunFactory** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 12:23 pm

Ahhh damn!

Thanks Bantum!

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 4:07 pm

ah, but, one rally dude who was a subie specialist mechanic fitted them up to his rectangular single headlight gen2 Brumby service vehicle and was quite proud of himself, so may have been quite a job

don't despair ")

GunFactory · Post by **GunFactory** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:17 pm

steptoe wrote:ah, but, one rally dude who was a subie specialist mechanic fitted them up to his rectangular single headlight gen2 Brumby service vehicle and was quite proud of himself, so may have been quite a job

don't despair ")

Haha, I was contemplating buying the aforementioned car swapping the good bits and putting it up for sale at the Uni.

Sounds like a fun but challenging project though. Love the look of the round headlights

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Frothing on this wagon.

dfoyl · Post by **dfoyl** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:25 pm

>> It won't work for lights, as the sub frame behind & trim panels are all different

Are you sure about this ? I know the single/dual fronts are different but I wasn't aware if the 1980 (round) / 1981 (rectangular with >===< grille) / 1982 (rectangular with straight grille / 1983+ (rectangular with mesh-style grille) varied - I know the 1982/83's are definitely interchangable as I have an 82 grille (and front bar) on my 89 Brumby (needed to move one of the clip-in plastic inserts for the grille).

I have a 1981 grille in the garage that I believe also will swap in, but have never looked at a 1980 enough to know for sure if it will/won't interchange.

sublime · Post by **sublime** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:42 pm

GunFactory, as you have a Touring Wagon with the dual headlights the radiator/support panel is different so the round headlights will not be a direct fit. If you had the standard single square lights you could install the round versions.

It is funny, back in the early 1980s the round headlights looked so old fashioned but now they are kind of coveted! I always liked how the round lights linked back to the '77 - '79 models...

Post by **Alex** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:54 pm

i wasnt even aware the MY came with round headlights!

think i like the quads best of all.

Silverbullet · Post by **Silverbullet** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:20 pm

I've seen 1 round headlight model ever, in a wrecking yard. In fact I took it's radio antenna

Have to disagree on the look though, the round bowls really don't suit the front or the rest of the car for that matter. I'll keep my singular rectangles thanks

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:01 pm

The round eyes look cool in the flesh with big round matching drivng lights !

GunFactory · Post by **GunFactory** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:51 pm

Good discussion, thanks for clearing that up.

I think at the end of the day i'm skirting around the fact that I just need my damn bonnet painted. Round headlights and chrome bumpers ain't going to change that!

I like my quads at the moment with two accompanying rectangular driving lights very rectangular at the front!

GunFactory · Post by **GunFactory** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 2:14 pm

Although,....

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/langwarr ... 1011065830

Asking $60 for headlight surrounds and grill.

Tempted to go photograph what exactly is behind the single headlight brumby lights and grill and compare with my Quad setup. I need to go to the wreckers soon anyhow.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 5:45 pm

Doug, to change your car over to the round headlight setup, you'll need to cut the 'Radiator Support Panel' off and MY model that has either round or single square headlights. There is lots more single square headlight models out there as they were the 'Sportswagons' from 1979 to 1984. There is also the Brumbys from 1982 to 1990 (later than that the Brumby all had twin headlights). The panel is completely different to yours and will require removing your old one and welding the other one on. My suggestion would be to try and buy a complete 'Nosecut' from the wreckers, as this will give you all the required parts, but this is going to be hard as the round headlights were only available from 1979 to 1980. You could try looking on USMB, as they had a lot more sales over there.

d_generate · Post by **d_generate** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 12:17 am

I like these round ones better, I found this in n/e Thailand a few weeks ago, the only other Subi that lives there is a pig nose WRX.

And for those that may want to see it's bum.

GunFactory · Post by **GunFactory** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:28 pm

Ahhh beautiful! Nice find.

Thanks again RSR, That wagon has dropped to $600 now on gumtree so would make more sense to keep them on the car I reckon. Considering mine wont start at the moment - It's not looking good.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:49 pm

I just remembered (well Jayson just reminded me) I have a complete 1980 wagon lying around in a paddock.. you could have ALL the parts off that you need to convert to round.. for really cheap

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:49 pm

Alex wrote:think i like the quads best of all.

That's ironic

D_gen - nice find of one of those "fugly's" out there, I thought things that old would have rusted beyond use by now with all the rain they get in the wet season!

GF - those lights won't fit, at least not without some pretty big mods/lots of working things out!

Cheers

Bennie

GunFactory · Post by **GunFactory** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:05 pm

Yeah I'm admitting defeat - Thanks again for the info and thoughts people.

better to get the car driving first right??

Thanks for the Offer RSR, but yep I think its beyond me for the time being.