[Healeys] Restoring Lucas L594 Lens

[Michael Salter]

This is very odd.
Like Mark and Perry I have never encountered red beehive lenses with paint
on them.
Is the paint on the inside or the outside?
I would have thought that if they were to be painted by Lucas, of which I'm
very doubtful, the paint would have been on the inside.
Can you confirm that the painted lenses have the word LUCAS cast on them
and L594?

M



On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 11:54 AM Harold Manifold via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Update on restoring Lucas beehive lens. The original lens on my 1960 BT7
> were painted glass and the paint had peeled noticeably on one of the lens.
> I used a common paint stripper I had on hand to remove all of the original
> red paint. I first tried to recoat with paint for stained glass from a
> hobby store. It did not work well and was a poor colour match. For the
> second attempt I used VHT Nite-Shades which is lens paint. Who would have
> thought! It worked very well. Picture attached.
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> My total cost is about $30 which may be more than new but I was able to
> use original parts.
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> Harold
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> *From: *i erbs via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Sent: *Saturday, February 5, 2022 7:09 PM
> *To: *Perry Small <healeyguy at aol.com>
> *Cc: *healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject: *Re: [Healeys] Restoring Lucas L594 Lens
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> I have two red behive lenses and the red is in fact peeling off.
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> Ira Erbs
> 1959 AH 100-6
> 1967 MGB
> Milwaukie, OR
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> On Sat, Feb 5, 2022, 3:12 PM Perry Small via Healeys <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Harold
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> After seeing Marks response I reread your email. The Lucas red lens were
> made of red glass not coated. True, the red color varies.
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> Photo attached.
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> Perry
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> Harold,
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> Your comment about the colour ‘peeling off’ puzzles me.
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> I agree that the red beehive lens does come in a small variety of shades –
> some quite dark – but mine are all red glass right through.  *No red
> coating*.
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> Mark
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> Ardmore
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> NZ
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> *From:* Harold Manifold <manifold at telus.net>
> *Sent:* Saturday, 5 February 2022 2:49 PM
> *To:* Ken Fleming via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Healeys] Restoring Lucas L594 Lens
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> Hello,
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> I have 4 red original glass Lucas L594 Red Beehive tail light lens.
> Unfortunately no two match. The colour is either different, faded or
> starting to peel off.
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> Has anyone has good success stripping the old red and then recoating with
> a new red?
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> I know you can buy new but these are original and I would like to reuse
> them. Any tips or suggestions are appreciated. What type of coating is
> recommended.
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> Thanks….. Harold
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> Sent from my iPhone
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