Re: 1967 License Plate Light Assembly

>From the 1967 Shop Manual:

"On all vehicles except the Cougar and station wagon, the license plate bulb or lens can be replaced by removing one screw that retains the lens, lens bezel and gasket to the light assembly."

The shop manual also lists this bulb as a 4 candle power bulb and it is a #97 bulb.

Needless to say no one has replaced that bulb in a long time so a little prying on the bezel seems in order. My guess is that you need to pry it open at the end of the bezel where the screw is and that the other end is a tab and slot. Go get a new #97 bulb and some paper towel and glass cleaner before you start and that this should be a 5 minute repair job unless the gasket is junk and you have to make a new one.

Hope this helps. Let us know how it works out. Someone else here might have to do the same repair soon too!

Jim Seisser

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Fox <jfoxnasa@worldnet.att.net>
Sent: Jun 28, 2005 9:58 PM
To: shelbymustang@carmemories.com
Subject: 1967 License Plate Light Assembly

Does anyone know if the bulb only can be replaced in the 67 license plate
assembly? It looks like there are rivets that hold it all together and that
there is no way to get the cover off the bulb. There's a metal bracket
around part of the cover that looks like if bent back that the cover might
come off, but I wanted to check with you all before bending something that
can't be rebent or breaking the plastic cover. If not, it appears that I
would have to buy the entire assembly for about $35 since a single bulb does
not seem to be listed in the catalogs I have.

Any suggestions?

Thank you.

Jeff



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