[Healeys] Lucas Reflectors

[Bob Haskell]

Bob,

Probably from Craig Rice, a retired Allison Gas Turbine jet engine engineer.

Bob Haskell
Austin-Healey 3000 roadster registrar

On 3/10/25 12:11, Bob Spidell via Healeys wrote:
> #3 looks very similar to the ones I acquired for my BN2. I got them 
> from a former jet engine engineer for Pratt & Whitney who made a small 
> batch as a retirement project, who claimed to have researched them 
> thoroughly. He constructed them from spun brass with 'proper' chrome 
> plating (copper->nickel->chrome). I have no idea where he acquired the 
> lenses, but IIRC--and the Moss catalog shows--they were attached to 
> the plinths with 10-32 screws. The rubber pads I got from David Nock 
> at BCS who had a batch made since the "usual suspects'" offerings were 
> not up-to-snuff.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On 3/10/2025 8:15 AM, Michael Salter wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm working on a Concours Guidelines update about reflectors and 
>> would appreciate some help.
>> I  have these 3 examples.
>>
>> 1. This type has a grooved rubber back allowing it to be inserted 
>> into a hole in the plinth pressed into the rear shroud of earlier 6 
>> cylinder cars.
>> 2. This is a type that I don't know about.  It appears to require an 
>> outer lens (probably the colical type) BUT it has a 10/32 thread 
>> sticking out the back such as the later 100 type did.
>> 3. This type has the same back side as #1 but the front looks to me 
>> to be of the type fitted to the plinth on the later 100's.
>>
>> I suspect that #s 2 and 3 are not Healey but am open to being corrected.
>>
>> M
>>
>
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