<VV> Headlight confusion

[Les]

Hi,

Puttng headlights back in my Canadian '65 vert & found something 
unusual. The right hand headlight bucket has three tabs; the headlight 
backing plate has three holes to match the tabs in the bucket. The 
backing plate has three tabs that match the bezel. So far, so good.

However, the left bucket has SIX tabs. Three of them line up with the 
backing plate, and three of them line up with a bezel. But you can't 
install the backing plate because the bezel tabs are in the way. It 
almost looks like this bucket was modified so a bezel could be mounted 
with no headlight backing plate. It looks like it's factory that way. 
As far as I know, this is the bucket that came with the car.

Any ideas? I can always knock the 'extra' tabs off the LHS bucket.

Les
corvair@mts.net