mpc's cool headlamp trick

[MsDano85gt]

has anyone ever gotten a 1987-89 gt mustang kit by amt or mpc
and wondered what the heck those little plastic clear pcs were on the clear glass tree....
this will all make sense when you look at the pictures that follow....

older svo mustangs 84-85 had halogen lamps single tucked in lamps
sometime in 85- and 86 they went to a flush plastic compound headlamp similar to the new for 87 mustang GT

the kit manufactureres simply made a little fill in piece to make the newer version (updated) svo look correct
it was pretty cool i thought and rather genious i though..... can look slightly tacky but it does seem somewhat accurate to the real 1:1 design

now PICTURES

[Zen]

Ha, that is cool. Had to dig one out and take a look. Got to wonder why they left those on for the '87 on up cars.

[MsDano85gt]

Ha, that is cool. Had to dig one out and take a look. Got to wonder why they left those on for the '87 on up cars.

i'm not sure cause the chrome parts were nowheres to be seen after 87'

but however there was still the clear taillamp lenses so if you were a careful modeler with the no. 11 exacto blade you could turn your "gt" model into a plain jane looking "lx" by carefully removing the molded in cheesgrader taillamps, and detailing the clear lx lamps and glue those in place instead i always wondered why those extra clear taillamp housings were in those 87 and newer mustang kits..... had to figure it out when i got some of the svo kits

[MsDano85gt]

used these svo lamps to update a ugly 4 eyed concept convertable 82' mustang it looks soooo much better now