Eventually, it was my turn to deal with this little facet of Corvette ... headlight assemblies complete as a bolt-on kit for us early C4 owners. I gave Mid America a call and ordered up one ...

I realize that among the various Corvette generations, the C4 'Vettes (1984-1996 ... See how there's an amber reflector up front, and a red one at rear? That's all normal side marker lamp stuff.

Over the years, many C4 Corvette driver replaced their pop-up headlights with conventional units, with some of them even considering this made the sportscar look more velocity-savvy. Well ...

I can distinctly remember the moment in my early youth when, in a dark parking lot, a red C4 Corvette first revealed its pop-up headlights. The simple mechanical pleasure of a device, a gizmo ...