[Healeys] Restoring Lucas L594 Lens

Sun Feb 27 10:45:59 MST 2022

I suspect the “original Lens” on your 1960 BT7 was an original clear lens that someone - during the last 62 years - painted it red.   Red Lucas beehive lens are red glass - not painted.

Richard Mayor
boyracer466 at gmail.com

> On Feb 27, 2022, at 9:25 AM, Michael Salter via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> 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?
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> On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 11:54 AM Harold Manifold via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto: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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> From: i erbs via Healeys <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 5, 2022 7:09 PM
> To: Perry Small <mailto:healeyguy at aol.com>
> Cc: healeys <mailto: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 <mailto: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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> 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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> From: Harold Manifold <manifold at telus.net <mailto:manifold at telus.net>> 
> Sent: Saturday, 5 February 2022 2:49 PM
> To: Ken Fleming via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto: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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