what you think about this preA dashboard light.
It is NOS o REPRO?
Nos or repro
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Re: Nos or repro
Stafano: I bought some reproductions about ten years ago, and they had cheese head screws. The one here has a round head screw, which I would take to be of the original style. Is there a bulb in it?
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Re: Nos or repro
They all had cheese head screws, at least the ones in cars I've restored. …...Jim.
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Re: Nos or repro
Oh no! Another cheese head screw to worry about.
That screw clamping the wire is pretty small--the original could easily have been lost and replaced by someone more concerned about making the light work than having the perfect DIN cheese head. I wouldn't take that as proof either way of original versus reproduction.
That screw clamping the wire is pretty small--the original could easily have been lost and replaced by someone more concerned about making the light work than having the perfect DIN cheese head. I wouldn't take that as proof either way of original versus reproduction.
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Re: Nos or repro
Looking at the profile of the lens, it appears to rise above the radius of the aluminum top. The ones I am familiar with have a lens following the same radius as the surrounding aluminum top. So, not sure when it was made or by whom, but it looks slightly different than the ‘53-‘54 originals I am familiar with.
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Re: Nos or repro
looks to be a re-pro, the originals have a fully domed head no flat spot, the glass lens follows the contour of the dome where as the re-pros the lens sticks out like a nipple .