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PostPosted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Full resto underway after 11 years waiting in the garage. Nice one smartguy Cool

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 3:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Full resto underway after 11 years waiting in the garage. Nice one smartguy Cool

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Dam nice to start with ! Original paint ?
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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aerosilver wrote:
Full resto underway after 11 years waiting in the garage. Nice one smartguy Cool

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Dam nice to start with ! Original paint ?


is there something to restore here ?
wow
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thats a gem!
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Repaint i believe. But yes, super nice example to start with Smile

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 11:00 pm    Post subject: LL tail light questions Reply with quote

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The 3 on the left are pre August of '58.


OK I have more questions....
1) I've discovered - there are differences with the pre- August '58 tail light assemblies... I think they may have changed every year.
2) One of my housings has a twin spade push-on wire connector... When did this happen?
3) Is it possible there were versions with the twin spade rubber push-on connector for dual filament bulb; or did it get swapped from another car - if the latter, what car?
4) The early examples all have sockets that are designed to receive double filament bulbs - the offset pins on the lamp base
5) The latest LL example has a completely different assembly; with the more modern contacts, but still with screw connectors.
6) The latest LL example will NOT take a dual filament bulb like the earlier version.
7) Was there ever a version with spade type push-on connectors?

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:34 am    Post subject: low light tail light Reply with quote

The one with the spades is a repair job it's common to break / crack these with age it's also a 57 housing
Your other one is for 58/59 with both screw terminals
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:41 am    Post subject: Re: low light tail light Reply with quote

sancho58 wrote:
The one with the spades is a repair job it's common to break / crack these with age it's also a 57 housing
Your other one is for 58/59 with both screw terminals


Are these "repair kits" available or from another Hella light? I dig the option of having a dual filament bulb option in the earlier style.
Rhetorical question: Why would "they" have a dual filament option on the earlier version, then not keep that option on the later version?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:11 am    Post subject: tail light Reply with quote

Nope it's a hack job
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:03 pm    Post subject: Re: low light tail light Reply with quote

vegasSTEVE wrote:
sancho58 wrote:
The one with the spades is a repair job it's common to break / crack these with age it's also a 57 housing
Your other one is for 58/59 with both screw terminals


Are these "repair kits" available or from another Hella light? I dig the option of having a dual filament bulb option in the earlier style.
Rhetorical question: Why would "they" have a dual filament option on the earlier version, then not keep that option on the later version?
Thanks SR


That dual filament push on is probably a fix for a bad turn signal switch. There is no reason for dual filiment bulbs. The top is the brake and turn and the bottom is the running light or tail light. The turnsignal switch flashes the brake light when you are sitting with your foot on the brake and turn signal on.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This one is wild. So bold. Love it

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 2:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wow, great pics
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does the Dec 6 posting have subtle massage work lowering the fender over the tire? Looks trick.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

God, dunno. Narrowed beam. But front/rear arches do look more level? Razor sharp

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I think I heard Udo saying one of them when he was asked why he'd not lowered his lowlight
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

30HP! What happened to the other 6?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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30HP! What happened to the other 6?


30 hp (DIN) is the European measurement...36 hp (SAE) is the US equivalent. They are the same output.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for clearing that up John, I thought it was a typo. What do you guys call a 40 horse?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 10:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Thanks for clearing that up John, I thought it was a typo. What do you guys call a 40 horse?


...34hp. Smile
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