The low beam headlamps did not work properly. The only time you get any headlamp illumination was by pressing down and engaging the high beams foot button. This of course is all jacked up since it means the high beam circuit had to be tampered with.

After some time for troubleshooting I was able to find out the previous owner(s) had tapped into the high beam circuit. One of the low beam lights was actually bad too.

In any case we have functioning head lamps when “La Bamba” goes on the night cruising action.

I know somewhere down the road I’ll be asking myself what headlamp did I purchase before that worked with the Impala. This is a reference photo.

One note, the three spades had to filed down on both edges. This allowed less pressure in the existing female connector. I also grabbed a couple universal connectors and these had a wider receptacle opening. The bad thing about these spades they are not weather resistant like the originals. The negative with the newer headlamp are the spade length. These do not sit down flush like the older headlamps. There is a gap that will need to be addressed with by weather resistant tape or applying some sort of RTV to prevent metal to ground contact.