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Subject: [oletrucks] lens replacements
From: mark@noakes.com
Date: 9 Dec 2001 12:11:50 -0800
As time permits, I'm doing a restoration on the center tail light on my TF 
Suburban.  I already have NOS and rechromed side tail light bases and plastic 
lenses for the "normal"/side/main tail lights.

For the center tail light/license plate light, I was surprised to find that 
these are glass and not plastic.  I  am trying to come up with spares of 
Suburban specific parts in case I ever get hit in the back.

I have two complete tail light assemblies but only one set of the lenses.

1--Does anyone know of or have any lenses that they would be willing to sell?

2--Does anyone know of any good way to reproduce these in small quantities?  
When I was a kid, I used to do the Plasticast liquid resin in molds and both of 
these lenses are definitely good enough to make molds, but I don't think that 
Plasticast would hold up to the weather.  I don't know of any other pourable 
material like that though. 

Just wondering,

Thanks,

Mark Noakes
58/56 Chevy Suburban
59 GMC Suburban
Knoxville, TN
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