I'm looking for a shop that can mold me a new set of tail light lens for my meteor. I'll send them the lens. Anyone know of a shop? I've googled with no luck.
I just watched an episode of American Restorations where the kid molded a new pair of turn signal lens from some old ones, looked pretty straight forward. You should be able to do it at home your self, if someone will chime in with the stuff to buy.
I had tail lamp lenses reproduced for my Facel Vega FV4 several years ago . Its not as easy as the TV guys make it out to be . Materials will easily cost $200.00 to $300.00. You need a very nice undamaged part for a pattern. I had an old retired pattern maker from IH run off 15 sets. His labor was $650.00 for the lenses and the mold. You will need to make sure you have the correct dyes to make sure the red is correct shade and level of transparency. You should be able to find a good NOS or used lense for a 63 Meteor for less .
If you dig there have been a couple how to threads on doing it yourself... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6205 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=237338 those 2 may be a little help...
I had several sets of lens duplicated from an original gl*** STOP lens for a 1930-31 Pontiac several years ago. I cannot remember the name of the company just that it was in California, they advertised in Hemmings, and their name had two words and sounded Italian. They used silicon molds made from the original lens as the silicon duplicated every tiny detail very well. The two halfs of the molds were about 2-3 inches deep to give them rigidity. The resin they used then came in a bright ruby red similar to modern lens and a darker red which was similar to some of the 1920's lens. They made me about 10 pair for around $500. The lens could not be told apart from the original until you tapped on them. They were and are still beautiful. Still have a few pair left for future projects.
While searching the web for that company I mentioned I did run across this article: http://www.metroccca.org/tech_articles/tech_10_spring.pdf
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