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Sparto reversing light placement

jdoclogan said:
Michael,
Years ago (after I got my first Tiger in 1989) I spent considerable time trying to find a substitute for the Sparto lens to no avail. The Series 1-3 glass lenses do not work as the have a larger diameter that won't allow them to fit inside of the light bulb surround. The Sparto lens was unique to the Sparto from what my extensive research suggested. This is why I started collecting these and ended up with six (6) good sets of lenses and several melted units.
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Jerry . I had a plastic repro lens for the Lucas beehives and it fitted perfectly in the second hand spartos I had .. this was before I found a NOS set and handed the used ones on to a friend for his tiger

Not sure where it was manufactured but the cutouts for the screws lined up and the diameter was dead on.
 
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alpine_64 said:
Jerry . I had a plastic repro lens for the Lucas beehives and it fitted perfectly in the second hand spartos I had .. this was before I found a NOS set and handed the used ones on to a friend for his tiger

Not sure where it was manufactured but the cutouts for the screws lined up and the diameter was dead on.
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A repo set of "plastic" lenses. Now that makes more sense. The glass doesn't work.
Cheers
Jerry
 
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