Did I get ripped off in 1978?, Headlight motors 'fried' during freezing rain Options

[JeffBowlsby]

A lifetime ago I bought my first 914. It was 1978 in Omaha NE, I was 19 and got a '73 Zambezi 1.7L and only owned ot for about 3 months. It was already fairly rusty...

I bought it in the winter and it freezes in NE. It rained one day so water got into all the cracks and crevices of the body and froze that night, it was parked outside. Early the next day, I pulled the headlight switch and 'pop', my headlights would not rise and it was dark that time of year most of the day. I was not at all technically oriented then. So I had it towed to a shop and $350 later they said I had burned up the headlight motors. That was a lot of money to me back then. Since then I have often thought that maybe I just blew the #12 fuse, which covers both headlight motors.

Can anyone put my 30-years of curiousity to rest and tell me if they think that I did in fact burn up the motors requiring their replacement, or if it was more likely to be just a 10 cent fuse...in which case I got Reamed? I dont rightly know to this day, but I know the headlight motors dont fail very often.

I sold the car soon after mostly because I was scared of it...The clutch was starting to go out of it and all I could see was big $$$ for repairs...$$$ I did not have.