Restoration Update

The Return of the Marker Lights

Today we had success with the marker lights reactivation!

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Marker lights working and a full yellow end to go with them
Marker lights working and a full yellow end to go with them

A lot of work has gone into this not always apparent or can be seen. This involved carefully freeing off the flip over lenses, making new parts for the mechanism and the manufacture, in stainless polished steel no less, the bulb holders.

New bulb holders ready to fit
New bulb holders ready to fit

Fixing them into position, adding new wiring and conduit together with installing a new switch in the instrument panel that looks as though it's always been there, apart from it being shiny! Something we never thought we would see working again

New bulb holder tack welded in place
New bulb holder tack welded in place
Flip over lenses for the marker lights all freed off and cleaned up
Flip over lenses for the marker lights all freed off and cleaned up
Stripped down and cleaned up lens holder
Stripped down and cleaned up lens holder
Red Lens before
Red Lens before
Red lens after
Red lens after
Lens and lens cover refitted to 33063
Lens and lens cover refitted to 33063