Show us your Hella shine-down lights

[James Davies]

If your clear lenses are yellowed, a way to get that yellow cast off them is to soak them in hydrogen peroxide in sunlight for a day or two. I have done this with the front beehive lenses with success.

[Donald Zingg]

Do all 356 and 356A shine down light bulb holders have the (superfluous?) ground terminal??

[Spencer Harris]

Donald,
My '53 and '55 pre-A shine downs have the ground terminal as pictured.

The shine up light that came on my '58 T2 A (I've no idea if the assembly was original to the car) has the ground wire attached to the center mounting stud.

Sorry, I don't have any knowledge of the setup on T1 cars.

[James Davies]

Don, the '53 shine-down from my car and others I've seen have the unused ground too. Perhaps it was used on earlier units when the rear-facing lens was red on the '52 and earlier cars? Perhaps someone with an earlier car can comment.