Restoring a 'Diver's Helmet-type' rear lamp

[Tony Press]

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.