Thread: Pork Pie - Could we produce some reasonable replicas?

If you really wanted to follow the repro route I would be looking for a manufacterer in China, Taiwan huge repro market for cars there, problem is you would need a minimum amount which could be anywhere from 500 units to a thousand or more but they will be cheap, may be worth looking into.

Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

OK...who knows what the original lens actually was?

The light I popped in the post to Chazza this week has a plastic lens....I am guessing the originals would have been glass. Chazza could take measurements of the one I sent over (if he is able to get it out of the casing!!) and even if we didn't get the lens a perfect copy, it would be better than a plastic one anyway ( I think!! )

OR

If everyone is happy with plastic we see if the ones like in our porkpie are still available ( I meant to write it down before I posted it...now Chazza will have to get the number off the lens)

Thanks NM
I must admit I thought the originals were plastic - I've never seen one in life. I am not fussed but perhaps others are.

Originally Posted by graceysdad

If you really wanted to follow the repro route I would be looking for a manufacterer in China, Taiwan huge repro market for cars there, problem is you would need a minimum amount which could be anywhere from 500 units to a thousand or more but they will be cheap, may be worth looking into.

You make a good point GD, although I don't know how chazza will feel about making 500
Let's just try and make a couple and see how they look - as a feasability trial.

Look around South Africa plenty old landies still doing the deed there, 500 pairs be easy to flog most would buy spares to if they were good price

I would be quite happy to make 500 but I doubt that there is a market for half that many.

I would imagine the Poms would be keen buyers given the relative value of the Aussie peso against the pound.

Originally Posted by chazza

I would be quite happy to make 500 but I doubt that there is a market for half that many.

Tend to agree, we wouldn't sell 500 overnight, however if we could get the price down to say $100 each I reckon we'd sell a few. (That fella in Cyprus may not be happy )

I am impressed chazza with your thoughts on making 500 - I imagine you sitting there with a hammer, making each by hand - I guess there is an automated method.

Anyway lets have a go at a prototype run and we'll take it from there.

With any luck we can raise a few bucks for aulro and chazza.

Originally Posted by Sleepy

Good one Hebe - are they from the Series 1 club (UK)?

150 quid - - oh well it's less than 300 quid

Look forward to some pics.

Hi,

No I got them through a contact of mine in the UK. I used to live in Ireland and know him through that.

Appearantly there are reproductions for the early Pork Pies on the market. The straight ones as you find on other pictures in this forum are I understand a later/different Pork Pie model. From what I learned researching this... The oval shape as below (ST38) was used on some early Series 1, and then only sometimes. Why? Nobody seems to know... maybe because of their supplies at the time. Or maybe it had to do with some export countries and their regulations...

The costs are 55 Pounds per one for combined (1 x 5W side light, 1 x 21W indicator and 1 x 21W brake light). Just regular (not combined) it is 40 Pounds.

And than you have to add shipping, and if you are unlucky import duties. I ordered the Black combined, so aprox 150 for a set. Still steep, but hey I ordered a set with him as I got tired of researching. I saw originals on ebay for 700, other repros for 300 or more... This is the best deal so far.

I know him so I can get them at his cost price. But, still awaiting the shipment so no pictures from me so far. This is what he sent me by email.

The Black Model (Which I ordered, combined)

Chrome

Chrome

Combined stop/tail and indicator light


Once I get them I will let you know more...

Take care,

Sorry to tell you - but they are not pork pie lights and they do not go on 86/88/107/109 series 1 landrovers - they are not the correct lights.

The correct lights are the ones shown earlier in this thread. The earlier versions of the landrover pork pie has a reflector in the middle of the lens and the later porkpies on 57/58 year models (maybe also 56) did not have a reflector in the lens.

Garry