<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Harold<div>After seeing Marks response I reread your email. The Lucas red lens were made of red glass not coated. True, the red color varies. </div><div>Photo attached.</div><div>Perry<br><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Harold,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Your comment about the colour ‘peeling off’ puzzles me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">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. <b>No red coating</b>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Ardmore<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">NZ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Harold Manifold <manifold@telus.net> <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 5 February 2022 2:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ken Fleming via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Restoring Lucas L594 Lens<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">I have 4 red original glass Lucas L594 Red Beehive tail light lens. Unfortunately no two match. The colour is either different, <span style="background-color: yellow;">faded or starting to peel off.</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Has anyone has good success stripping the old red and then recoating with a new red?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks….. Harold<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p></div></div></blockquote></div><br><img id="4BD06DB5-8331-4090-A6DB-33BB523F9986" src="cid:4BD06DB5-8331-4090-A6DB-33BB523F9986"></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div></body></html>