I’ve always loved the look of the pre-1968 reverse lights on the old Beetles. I believe that the early 1968’s still had the same setup as the 1967’s. I thought I’d try to incorporate the pre-1968 reverse lights into Mabel just to see what they look like. Finding OEM reverse lights is very difficult and if you do find the lights and the brackets in decent shape, they’re way too expensive to be experimenting with. So I opted for the EMPI reproduction lights. I ordered these from Moore Parts Source out of Anaheim, California. For the price, I’m very pleased with the quality. If you didn’t know they weren’t OEM, you’d never guess. Even though the bumpers are different on the ’68 and ’67, the brackets for the lights still fit perfectly. All in all, I’m very pleased with the outcome. They look like they’ve been there for 50 years. Total time spent on the project was about 2 hours.

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