clamshell headlights

right now i should be working on the billion things i need to get done prior to my mom's 50th birthday bash on friday but i've missed the blogworld so here goes a quick post. 

last night za husband asked if i'd like to go out for dinner.  i was cool with that idea especially since he mentioned we'd be taking out the '65 riviera.  it's his moms car but it's been living at our house the past couple weeks while he works on it.  za husband already knows this but you don't until now, i'd love to own this car.  i drove it once back when we were dating and basically fell in love with it on the spot. 

 

there are a few things that i think are extra special about this car. 

1. the inside of it smells like the pirates of the caribbean ride at disneyland. 

(weird i know, i love that smell so i love the car.

za husband doesn't quite understand this one but he will

very soon since our disneyland trip is right around the corner...so excited!)

2.  i love anything vintage.  

(this car came with power windows and other fancy things that seem so luxurious for 1965 and all this stuff works.)

3. this is the only year the buick riviera feautured clamshell headlights.....

(what's this???  not sure i'll describe it well but basically the lights are hidden under metal covers.  there is a switch inside the car that moves the metal covers and reveals the light.  this is probably my favorite thing about the car because it looks like it's blinking when you open/close the covers.)

 

after dinner i decided it was my turn to drive.  i get in the drivers seat, turn on the lights, then flip the switch to open the covers.  guess what......they didn't open.  weird because they worked when we were driving just a little bit ago. 

now they refused to open.

much like a clam....guess that's where they got the name.

za husband tried and tried to get them working because how were we supposed to get home without headlights in the dark?

after much prying he got one open....

so now the car was winking which was kind of cute but it meant i didnt' get to drive home.

the wink worked for a minute but it wasn't really getting us home safely so he pulled over and tried again and finally got a wink and a half so we made it to the house safely. 

we seem to always have adventures.

i'm glad i have such a cool adventure partner.