Here are past links to some of the restorations:
Finding NOS headlights: http://dino246blog.blogspot.ca/2011/12/nos-headlights-may-be-long-lost-re.html
Taillight restoration: http://dino246blog.blogspot.ca/2012/03/red-orange-chrome-taillight-restoration.html
Headlight bucket restoration: http://dino246blog.blogspot.ca/2012/12/eye-sockets-restoring-headlight-buckets.html
I noticed the casing for the turning signals are clear now, not orange as in the header graphic. Is this a European vs. North American difference?
ReplyDeleteWhite signals were used in most markets with some exceptions. In the case of our car it was a Canadian delivery car one year before North American federalization rules that mandated orange lenses. As such it was delivered with clear signals. When we bought the car it merely had the wrong lenses so we sourced the correct ones.
DeleteWhere did you find the tail light rubber rings/gaskets?
ReplyDeleteThe rings were with the lights and did not need sourcing. Thank goodness one less part we needed (or rather 4 less)
DeleteI should clarify. I know there's the gaskets that slip over the tail light assemblies, which can be acquired from Mr Fiat, but there was an FChat post about another `gasket' that went behind the tail light assy and protected the tail light openings in the body.
ReplyDeleteNo such gasket exists. The chrome rings contact the paint and no original car I have ever studied is different.
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