Okay, so I bought the little clips from Wapsira! I never would have known exactly what they were for without your help. Thanks for the tip.
I think I said before that the clips go on the edge of the headlight bucket. But in looking over my headlight assemblies & how the pieces all fit together yesterday, it appears that the clips instead get mounted on the raised seam around the headlight opening on the car (where the fenders & front body panel meet the headlight nacelle sheetmetal). Then the outer trim ring gets snapped onto the clips, remaining separate from the actual headlight assembly itself.
I was just looking at the Carello headlights I have, and I see that one has defective/rusty/peeling silvered surface on the inside, so I need to find at least one new one of that type. I guess it won't hurt to have a spare or two of them around.
Gil,
After rummaging through boxes in storage yesterday, I found that the NOS Carello lights that I thought took the modern bulb type are unfortunately not 5", but 7" instead (for USA type headlights). I'll likely keep them for use in the 850's later.
I
do have an extra pair of NOS 5" Carello's that look identical to yours. These have the more modern fluting pattern in the glass lense, not like that pair of early 600 lenses you have, right? What is the stamped Carello part number on yours? I might be persuaded to part with mine in some sort of trade...
In looking at the back of your/my 5" Carello's, it doesn't look like you can use the modern P45t type bulb with them. They
might physically fit together, but I think the method (retainer) used to hold the bulb in place is different between the two. Our "early" lights use a single arched wire retainer (to hold the socket in place), while the later lights have a small hinge-tab on each side 180º apart (you can see one of the "tabs" on the headlight in the diagram of my July 27th post above).
Here's a great page that shows the 2 different 45w/40w bulb types, early BA20d vs. modern P45t:
http://store.candlepower.com/anspeubu.html Sorry to say, but it looks like if you want to upgrade to more modern type bulbs (halogen, tungsten, etc.), you'll have to get the other type of Carello headlight units (with the 2 tabs on back). Wattage should be 45/40w (45w high beams, 40w low beams), voltage is 12V.
Ciao,
-Jeff.