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History Lee plastics tail light lenses

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Moriarity, Jul 11, 2016.

  1. Jeff Norwell
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    Well.I snoozed too long and someone else got them.. oh well.
     
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  2. Maverick Daddy
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  3. willys36
    Joined: May 6, 2006
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    Not real fancy but saved my project. I wanted some mild round lites for my Willys and found '54 Buick were just what I wanted. Good size, round with a mild custom bullet shape. Unfortunately, the plastic in the lenses was checked in my junk yard units and soon started falling apart. Replacements for '54 Buicks are not available. We had just bought a '56 Chevy Sport Sedan for my wife to drive and it has strangely similar plastic lenses. I tried one of her lenses and it was an exact duplicate of the Buick, save for the angle of the two screw holes on the side of the lens. The Chevy holes go straight in, the Buick were at a slight angle. I bought a set of the Chevy reproductions which are readily available for that popular car, slightly redrilled the mounting holes, and I now have my perfect tail lights. And of course I added blue dots.
    lite.jpg lite2.jpg
     
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