<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">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.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 27, 2022, at 9:25 AM, Michael Salter via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" class="">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This is very odd.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></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 class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">M<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br class=""></div></div><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><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" class="">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" class=""><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 class=""></u> <u class=""></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 class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Harold<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></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;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; padding: 0in;"><b class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" class="">i erbs via Healeys</a><br class=""><b class="">Sent:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Saturday, February 5, 2022 7:09 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:healeyguy@aol.com" target="_blank" class="">Perry Small</a><br class=""><b class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" class="">healeys</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [Healeys] Restoring Lucas L594 Lens</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">I have two red behive lenses and the red is in fact peeling off.</p><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Ira Erbs<br class="">1959 AH 100-6<br class="">1967 MGB<br class="">Milwaukie, OR</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><div class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Feb 5, 2022, 3:12 PM Perry Small via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" class="">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;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Harold</p><div class=""><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 class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Photo attached.</p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Perry</p><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p></div><div class=""><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Harold,</span></p><div class=""><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Your comment about the colour ‘peeling off’ puzzles me.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">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 class="">No red coating</b>.</span></p><div class=""><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Mark</span></p><div class=""><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Ardmore</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">NZ</span></p><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><div style="border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-style: solid none none; border-width: 1pt medium medium; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><b class="">From:</b> Harold Manifold <<a href="mailto:manifold@telus.net" target="_blank" class="">manifold@telus.net</a>> <br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b> Saturday, 5 February 2022 2:49 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b> Ken Fleming via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" class="">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b> [Healeys] Restoring Lucas L594 Lens</p></div></div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Hello,</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><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="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: yellow; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat;" class="">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><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><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><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks….. Harold</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br class=""><img id="gmail-m_8794266799724074798_x0000_i1025" border="0" class=""></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><div class=""><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 class="">Support<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://team.net/" class="">Team.Net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank" class="">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br class="">Suggested annual donation $12.75<br class=""><br class="">Archive:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank" class="">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys" target="_blank" class="">http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys</a><br class=""><br class=""><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" class="">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br class=""><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank" class="">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br class=""><br class="">Unsubscribe/Manage:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/eyera3000@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/eyera3000@gmail.com</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">Support<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://team.net/" class="">Team.Net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br class="">Suggested annual donation $12.75<br class=""><br class="">Archive:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys</a><br class=""><br class=""><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" class="">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br class=""><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br class=""><br class="">Unsubscribe/Manage:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com</a><br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; 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