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Rear Lights
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 8:13 am
by 1938 P2 14
Hi all looking for original type D light clips when I first got the car elastic bands held the lenses in. I have thought of modifying some distributor clips if I can find any long enough . Iain
Re: Rear Lights
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:36 am
by Chris C
Hi Iain, I think that you will find that these clips are a bit like hen's teeth !
I think that you will need to keep a look out at various Autojumbles, I have got
some old D lamps for spares that way.
Try giving these people a call, they are currently breaking a P2 :
http://www.classicvintagecarparts.co.uk/
or try
fred-boulton@tiscali.co.uk in Stoke on Trent
Rgds, Chris C
Re: Rear Lights
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 2:20 pm
by dhbuchanan
Is there some reason why the D lamp glass retaining wires sold by Paul Beck (item 767W, £2.25 each) can't be used or adapted for this purpose?
Re: Rear Lights
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:17 pm
by Chris C
I think that its the external spring clip that Iain is looking for,
not the internal ones. The later produced D Lamps had a knurled
screw to keep the body of the lamp shut on the backplate.
Re: Rear Lights
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 9:47 pm
by dhbuchanan
The external spring clip fastening on these earlier D lamps sounds like a rather vulnerable arrangement and a potential pain in the butt when it comes undone, drops off and can't be replaced without major hassle. Give me the knurled screw- with a bit of Loctite on it- any day of the week.