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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I can confirm my original glass Lucas L594 lens had a red coating. I stripped the coating off of two of them. They look very much like solid red glass but they are definitely coated.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Are replacements from the usual sources glass or plastic?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Harold<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:healeyguy@aol.com">Perry Small</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, February 5, 2022 3:11 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:manifold@telus.net">Harold Manifold</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Restoring Lucas L594 Lens</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Harold<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>After seeing Marks response I reread your email. The Lucas red lens were made of red glass not coated. True, the red color varies. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Photo attached.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Perry<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Harold,</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Your comment about the colour ‘peeling off’ puzzles me.</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Mark</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Ardmore</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>NZ</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> 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</p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>I have 4 red original glass Lucas L594 Red Beehive tail light lens. Unfortunately no two match. The colour is either different, <span style='color:black;background:yellow'>faded or starting to peel off.</span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Has anyone has good success stripping the old red and then recoating with a new red?</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>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.</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks….. Harold</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><img border=0 width=240 height=320 style='width:2.5in;height:3.3333in' id="_x0034_BD06DB5-8331-4090-A6DB-33BB523F9986" src="cid:4BD06DB5-8331-4090-A6DB-33BB523F9986"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>