Does anyone know if a 69-70 knob

[Mikes73]

Hello folks, does anyone know if a 69-70 head light knob and shaft will work on our cars? mine has the chrome peeling off of it and can't find anything being reproduced for our 71-73 cars.

thanks

 

[gpierce]

No, it's not right.

You can use one, but you need to remove the shaft from the new one and put the shaft from your car in it.

Heat the new shaft up a little and remove it from the head. Do the same with your old knob. Put your old shaft in the new head. If it's too loose, put a little epoxy inside the new knob and glue in your shaft. Make sure it sticks out the same amount as it did when it was in your original knob.

Greg

 

[Mikes73]

Thanks, I may have to try that.

 

[URUGUAYAN_FASTBACK]

I dont remember if astheticaly are the same... What did happen to me was with radio knobs, i believe it was fot my 70 hardtop... I bought a set of new repro knobs and they turned to be considerably smaller than the original ones...

They look the same but 25% smaller in diameter...

I think if the 69 70 know looks the same as the 71 73, the procedure Greg said is the way to go!

 

[Mikes73]

From catalog pictures I've seen the 69-70 look pretty darn close to the 71-73 headlight knob, why dont have these available aftermarket?

 

[OMS]

From catalog pictures I've seen the 69-70 look pretty darn close to the 71-73 headlight knob, why dont have these available aftermarket?

When you put them side by side they are different

 

[Tnfastbk]

From catalog pictures I've seen the 69-70 look pretty darn close to the 71-73 headlight knob, why dont have these available aftermarket?

When you put them side by side they are different

Kinda like this