Aaaaaaaarghhh! I smashed it!

Geoff
Geoff
in HUDSON
After carefully removing, dismantling, derusting, painting, and re-assembling the '38 H8 tail light, the housing slipped,  bounced off my knee, and  hit the concrete, to the side of the  blanket I had carefully laid down. The lens is broken into five pieces, which I have managed to super-glue back together.   Eshelmans do not have this lens, it appears to be a one-off Hudson  8 tail light for 1938.   Can anyone help with a replacement please? I have  grovelled to the owner, pleading forgiveness.
Geoff 

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  • lostmind
    lostmind

    Mike Whitehead from Michigan had one . I sold it to him quite a while ago.

    Look in the current roster and see if he is listed.

    Not sure if he participates in forums.

  • Ol racer
    Ol racer
    Geoff,

    What does it look like? Ive collected some '30's Hudson lens and may have one and dont know it because have '37's. Does it have a Duck tail or say Hudson?

     I may not have one, but Clear 'Aquarium Ahesive' available at Pets Mart will adhere the pieces together far better then Super Glue until you find a replacement. (I know because of similar experience)....
  • Jon B
    Jon B
    edited June 2015
    I HAVE seen them on Ebay. They do pop up once in awhile.  Be of good cheer!

    Here's a photo of a '38 with the lights.  They resemble something you'd find on an amphibian.

    image
  • Frankvintagefullflowcom
    Frankvintagefullflowcom

    Another of my many mottos: If you want it dropped on the floor, just hand it to me.

    F

  • Geoff
    Geoff
    No Ken, that is for a Terraplane.   The correct lens is marked "CAS".  Thanks for the tip on repair Pete.  Frank, I have just discovered another  corollary to Murphy's Law,  - "A dropped part will  always land on the hardest surface, at the correct angle to smash.  "  Also know as the law of selective gravitation. 
    Geoff 
  • allan
    allan

    I have a lens.  Look my email up in club roster and contact me.

    Allan

  • Geoff
    Geoff
    Thank you Allan, but I need a surname to look up!
    Geoff 
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