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Sep 25, 2012 - 1:39PM

MT1130 taillight

Look at my new original MT1130 taillight. As the red lens was missing I painted a clear one and it looks absolutely great. With a little Talens clear red 300 glas paint from Erik and a taillight body from Lex I have a very nice pretty rare taillight that I will put on my sidecar BSA. If it ever get's on the road

Henk

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Michiel

Sep 25, 2012 - 4:32PM

Re: MT1130 taillight

Very nice !!, Henk.

I think we turned around almost every car sidelight at Beaulieu to see if Lex missed one, but no luck.

Could you post or send me a picture of the bottom and from the bulbholder?. I have bought a complete regular one and will adapt this one in the near future (a la Corcoran) but I wonder how the original is fixed to the numberplate. I can use the hole in the rear but I think it will need another to fix it firmly.

Regards, Michiel

email (option): m.wijbenga@hotmail.com

Ron Pier

Sep 25, 2012 - 5:30PM

Re: MT1130 taillight

Here is the replica MT1130 that I made for my WD C10. But then I found an original. In the second picture you can see my replica with my original.

Ron

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Michiel

Sep 25, 2012 - 6:33PM

Re: MT1130 taillight

Thanks for the pictures, Ron.

That make it very clear. I will try and copy that as nice as I can.

Regards, Michiel

email (option): m.wijbenga@hotmail.com

Lex Schmidt

Sep 25, 2012 - 7:14PM

Re: MT1130 taillight

Beautyfull stuff isn't it! wish I'd found another 10

If anyone needs more pictures of them, let me know.

Also if someone will make a vacuum mould for the transparent lenses, let me know.

Glad everybody is happy!

Cheers,

Lex

email (option): welbike@welbike.net

Michiel

Oct 1, 2012 - 7:10PM

Re: MT1130 taillight

The weekend converted a 1130 into a 'fake' MT1130, took a slightly different approach as Mr. Corcoran displays on his website: made 3 parallel cuts on a row and filled the hole with a piece of brass and soldered it in with silver. It went easier than I thought, it took me more time to shorten the bulbholder.

Thanks again for your pictures, Ron / Henk, very useful for the small detailling! , Regards, Michiel

email (option): m.wijbenga@hotmail.com

Rik

Oct 1, 2012 - 8:07PM

Re: MT1130 taillight

Now that you've made a number plate illumination window, if you want to portray 1939 / 40 then you'll have to cut yourself a piece of black card and block the window off again !

Ron Pier

Oct 1, 2012 - 8:38PM

Re: MT1130 taillight

Don't take any notice Michiel! He's just a shirty Norton owner with a bog standard common or garden MT110 Ron