Pork Pie - Could we produce some reasonable replicas?

**101RRS** · 16th October 2009, 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by Sleepy

Series one club do replicas for about 100 pounds from memory.

I don't think they are complete lights - I believe that you have to provide your own bases.

Can someone clarify??

Garry

**Sleepy** · 16th October 2009, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by garrycol

I don't think they are complete lights - I believe that you have to provide your own bases.

Can someone clarify??

Garry

Garry,
I've not seen one, but on the back page of the mag they mention bases, and "complete" housing. Anyone got a mag handy?

**dane h** · 17th October 2009, 06:37 AM

series one club do bases. Prices very reasonable compared to the ebay ones. I recently ordered a couple in for my 86 as I had the lenses but no bases.

They were a perfect fit for the original lenses I had.

Depending on what bits you need the bases are available with all parts or broken down by baseplate and seal etc.

Cheers

Dane

**dreamin'** · 17th October 2009, 10:06 PM

I can't find reference to these parts on the LRSOC website - even the rare/repro parts page - are they listed in a 'members only' area?

**Sleepy** · 18th October 2009, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by dreamin'

I can't find reference to these parts on the LRSOC website - even the rare/repro parts page - are they listed in a 'members only' area?

No I have only seen them advertised in their mag.

**LRO53** · 18th October 2009, 06:43 PM

From the back of Legend.

These are available to Club Members only i believe.
http://www.lrsoc.com

**Sleepy** · 18th October 2009, 06:59 PM

Thanks LRO53,
A bit of a plug for LRSOC - I joined a few months back - well worth the membership fee IMHO. You can join online and the exchange rate is good at the moment too.

(Nearly as good as Aulro

)

**chazza** · 19th October 2009, 08:50 AM

At approximately A$178 ea plus membership and postage my advice would be to buy them.

I paid $125 for one new D lamp in Oz and I consider it money well spent.

In fact when this thread was started I think most of us thought that the pork pie was more or less unobtainable but given this information, there seems little point in people such as myself attempting to reproduce them for a smallish reduction in price,

Cheers Charlie

**Sleepy** · 19th October 2009, 09:59 AM

I think you're right Chazza. When the exchange rate was 40p to the AU dollar they were a bit exxy but at 57p it's probably a reasonable price to make our S1's look authentic.

For those who aren't too fussy, D lights are easier to get and don't look too out of place, and the Wipac lights look OK too.

Thanks for considering this Chazza - probably worthwhile if no-one else was doing it.

Mooloolah-Paul · 19th October 2009, 12:22 PM

For the benefit of the uninformed (me

), does anyone know when Land Rovers actually changed from the D lights to the Pork Pie type? Also which particular Wipac lights were you referring to Sleepy?

About 8 years ago the now retired Lucas manager who lives at Maleny told me that D-lights were all but unobtainable. He lives just up the road so might pay him a visit. I have his name and phone number somewhere.

I do know how to manufacture reproduction ones but its a bit messy to set up production. Actually glass lenses might be easier to do in small batches than plastic. As Chazza said it may not actually be worth it. I would need to get my hands on a real one to work out a low cost low volume process. Would anyone complain if we put red LEDs inside? Easier to do and more reliable.

Cheers, Paul

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