12-07-2021, 05:50 PM
(This post was last modified: 13-07-2021, 12:45 AM by Tony Griffiths.)
"Pork Pie" rear lights, Lucas Type ST138A.
The first image is an illuminated glass believed to have been fitted originally to a 1934 Ruby. It's marked on the inside of the rim, in small letters, "LUCAS P305" and is so dark that the lower section barely lets any light through. Its outside face is smooth, with just a single rib separating the lower rear light from the upper brake light section. Its inside has a "dimpled" texture.
The second image is of an illuminated glass also from an ST138A - but this is a very much lighter shade of red and marked across the bottom "ST38".
Modern reproductions have a different glass.
The question is - can anyone confirm that the darker, smooth-finish glass is indeed correct for 1934?
The first image is an illuminated glass believed to have been fitted originally to a 1934 Ruby. It's marked on the inside of the rim, in small letters, "LUCAS P305" and is so dark that the lower section barely lets any light through. Its outside face is smooth, with just a single rib separating the lower rear light from the upper brake light section. Its inside has a "dimpled" texture.
The second image is of an illuminated glass also from an ST138A - but this is a very much lighter shade of red and marked across the bottom "ST38".
Modern reproductions have a different glass.
The question is - can anyone confirm that the darker, smooth-finish glass is indeed correct for 1934?