69.5 vs 70 maverick

This is an early lens for the 70 - Note how the reverse lamp lens is much bigger. Also note there are 6 indentations for the mounting screws instead of 8 found on the later lens.

 

These pictures will help. You can see on the early lens the reverse lamp lens fills up the entire area and the later lens shows a lot of red on the edges of the white. The early lens used 6 screws to hold it all together and the later version used 8 screws so the later lens has 8 indentations for the screws and the early only has 6 indentations. In typical Ford fashion - both lenses carry the same part number and SAE numbers.

 

Here is a picture from ebay. They are not a matched pair. Lens on right has large reverse lens and 6 screw location notches. Lens on left has small reverse lens and 8 screw notches.

 

No, because the later lenses have 2 extra notches - the original six locations plus 2 more. If you put an early 6 hole lens into a later housing with 8 screws - you may have a slight clearance issue with those 2 extra screws. May drive the extra screws into the edge of the early lens a bit, but no real problem to worry about.

 

Just one of the weird differences for first year production.

Now how many have seen the early taillight bezels with about 6 drain holes drilled in the base? Later replaced by a slot milled into the extrusion instead of tiny holes .........