faster headlight doors

[bigbrownbird]

Hello everyone,
I am pushing my luck as I threw my t-bird together with the 17s, a new colulm and some new cables (shifter and speedo) and I am now back to using it as a daily driver and stacking on the miles to the tune of about 50 or so a day. I'm lovin it, except for that nasty snow Iowa got awhile back. It's time to get the '90 going, bucause I don't want someone hitting me at wal mart or to be stuck vheicleless bacause something breaks on me. It's officially cruising weather, though, in my opinion.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has ever swapped out the wheezy vaccum operated mechanisms for the headlight doors for quicker electric motors? I've seen it done on other cars, and I think I may try my hand at it a liitle later this summer. right now i'm just looking for info, and if nothing else, i'll do it and post pics or something when I'm done.
This swap will also mean that my car won't "wake up" when it sits overnight.

Lee

 

[Gearworks]

lee

im also thinking about attempting the same conversion. i have the entire setup from a late 80's celica im going to try to use....
who knows, maybe they wont come on and fly off the car out in the street!!

paul

 

[Charles]

That makes 3 of us. I bought crappy headlight doors for just this reason at a u-pull-it to try the same deal. I'm going with the porsche setup where the doors are connected via a bar running side to side. They lower and raise in unison and they do it really really fast.

 

[bigbrownbird]

Guys,
I'm going with a 90ish Chrysler LaBaron setup. I agree with Charles, the fast moving headlight doors are too cool! Plus, if it works well enough, i have dad's '79 and the '68 LTD has hideaways too... :nonod I can see i'm getting myself into more work already. Let me know if either of you gets to work before me and we can compare notes.

Lee