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Restoring a 'Diver's Helmet-type' rear lamp
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A kind friend has offered me a Lucas diver's helmet-type rear lamp which has suffered a bit of wear and tear. The glass in all three lenses is cracked so I would be grateful for any link to where (or if) replacement glass can be found and any advice as to disassembly. My usual methods invariably lead to more damage than I started with!


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#2
Best of luck restoring this rare lamp which
Is increasingly hard to find.

I’m also restoring some lamps : Lucas AT201 tail lamps
I can find old bodies,
But finding rear brass rims to suit and also
The jewelled glass red lenses seems to be a fruitless search.

So thinking about making a mould from the one lens I have
and casting some red acrylic into it.

Has anyone tried making lenses this way or even having
glass lenses pressed? They are about 1” in diameter.

If anyone knows a source of such lenses I’d be keen to find out.

Regards

Bill G
Based near the Scottish Border,
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(29-11-2017, 10:00 PM)AllAlloyCup Wrote: Best of luck restoring this rare lamp which
Is increasingly hard to find.

I’m also restoring some lamps  : Lucas AT201 tail lamps
I can find old bodies,
But finding rear brass rims to suit and also
The jewelled glass red lenses seems to be a fruitless search.

So thinking about making a mould from the one lens I have
and casting some red acrylic into it.

Has anyone tried making lenses this way or even having
glass lenses pressed? They are about 1” in diameter.

If anyone knows a source of such lenses I’d be keen to find out.

Regards

Bill G

As you know Paul Beck can supply a reproduction Lucas AT201 with screw on cap and plastic faceted lens but unfortunately spares are not available.

I have fitted a Paul Beck 'AT 201' with a correct Lucas faceted red glass plus clear plastic liner and the result looks good to the casual viewer.

These reproductions are not cheap but can provide spares.

Cheers, Tony.
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#4
John BARLOW had thousands of the glass AT201 lenses.

Try him.

If he has eventually sold them.

Then give me a call, I don't normally sell these to public. 

but had the forsite to buy around 100 when they were on offer. For damaged rear lights that come into me.

I have around 50 left and obviously don't want to sell them all.

If John does still have them, then everyone should by some spares for the future.

Tony.
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