<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">This is very odd. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Like Mark and Perry I have never encountered red beehive lenses with paint on them.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Is the paint on the inside or the outside?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Can you confirm that the painted lenses have the word LUCAS cast on them and L594?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">M<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 11:54 AM Harold Manifold via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_8794266799724074798WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">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.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">My total cost is about $30 which may be more than new but I was able to use original parts.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Harold<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:medium none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">i erbs via Healeys</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, February 5, 2022 7:09 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:healeyguy@aol.com" target="_blank">Perry Small</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Restoring Lucas L594 Lens</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">I have two red behive lenses and the red is in fact peeling off.</p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Ira Erbs<br>1959 AH 100-6<br>1967 MGB<br>Milwaukie, OR</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Feb 5, 2022, 3:12 PM Perry Small via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);border-style:none none none solid;border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Harold</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. </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Photo attached.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Perry</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div><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:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></p><div><div style="border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Harold Manifold <<a href="mailto:manifold@telus.net" target="_blank">manifold@telus.net</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 5 February 2022 2:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ken Fleming via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><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 none repeat scroll 0% 0%">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></div></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><img id="gmail-m_8794266799724074798_x0000_i1025" border="0"></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone</p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:4.8pt">_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/eyera3000@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/eyera3000@gmail.com</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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