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Success! The bezels are on and look good. The top mounting clip was not seating deeply enough into the slot in the headlight housing.

I did as Gus suggested and removed the top clip to see how the bezels sit on the retainer. Looked good, so I knew that the problem was with the housing or the top clip, not the bucket.

I did a couple of things that may have helped.

> I bent the top ears of the fender opening foward a little. ("Ears" are what I call the tabs on the fender that hold the speed nut doohickeys or a similar tab without a speed nut.) This moved the housing away from the top of the fender a little to give a bigger gap between the fender and the mounting slot for the bezel.

> I also tweaked the top wire mounting clip for the bezel.

Then I started mounting the bezel, firmly pushed the bezel down, and I could tell when the clip seated into the slot.

Luckily I aimed the headlights before I installed the bezels, 'cause I ain't takin' 'em off no mo. Followed the instructions for aiming in the Shop Manual. Used a couple of big pieces of paper with reference lines taped to my garage doors.

I had moved the springs to the bottom hole of the bucket and I left them there. I pulled one of the rivets out that holds them to the housing when I was moving from the top hole to the bottom one. I pop-riveted the spring to the housing - no problem, but I didn't want to risk pulling out the other one by fiddling with it.

Thanks for your help, for your pics, and for relaying your experiences to me.