Made a cool find last night

[PSloan]

A car i bought once came with a milk crate full of parts that i never explored - in the bottom i found a set of MINT red center tail lights. Just wanted to share some joy........

[BLUNT]

nice man, are they left and right?? you can still only get 1 side. forget which

[Mike Self]

(nt)

[PSloan]

Yeah its a left and right set. Ine has a little glue on the back where someone glued in a reflector but the fronts are perfect and not faded.

[BLUNT]

Yeah its a left and right set. Ine has a little glue on the back where someone glued in a reflector but the fronts are perfect and not faded.

you going to keep them?

[PSloan]

Yeah - i think they will look pretty sweet on a flat black rat rod. What do you think? Out of curiosity though - what are they worth?

[eastsidebimmer]

I have a nice backup pair of lenses that I got for about this price from a FAQer last year.

Ben

[esty]

i was unaware those are special...i got a set with one of my parts cars as well...they're still in a box of crap in the trunk of the car

maybe i need to get them out and build a shrine for them

[PSloan]

They arent that special - just a little more special than normal amber tail lights. abous as special ar euro lenses - id say.

[BLUNT]

Yeah - i think they will look pretty sweet on a flat black rat rod. What do you think? Out of curiosity though - what are they worth?

to the right person they are worth whatever theyre willing to pay.. they are NLA (at least 1 side) and if youre restoring a nut and bolt 68 or 69 used lens's can break a car. in the end i bought all new tail lights because what looks nice on your kitchen table doesnt look so nice up against brand new paint and trim.

id sell them rather than put them on a rat rod or trade someone doing a resto for their used all red lenses and some lootcakes.

[PSloan]

I'll clean em up and see how nice they really are and ill consider it. I've only owned 2 roundies - one of which i sold pretty quickly but somehow ive acquired many many sets of round tail lights.

[Grant]

I'll clean em up and see how nice they really are and ill consider it. I've only owned 2 roundies - one of which i sold pretty quickly but somehow ive acquired many many sets of round tail lights.

Do you still have an extra one for the left side that you'd be willing to part with? I'd send you a few bucks for it, plus shipping. I'd also send along that E23 manual I forgot to give you with the car.

[PSloan]

You need a left side amber lens or red? I'll send you an amber lens for nothing. You may not have to worry about that 7 series manual - it spun a bearing. I'm trying to figure out what to do with it. I may drop a used engine in in and do something with it - or not. I'm not sure. How's the 69, 70, or 71 coming?

[Grant]

It's an amber lense.

Sorry to hear that about the 735. I'm assuming it was it because of the oil pump problem?

[Mike Self]

trim) from the outer diecast bezel, so if you have decent red center lenses in crappy housings, you can swap 'em into a nicer housing pretty easily. I did this for my 69 when I went back to red center lenses in 2000 (the original ones melted while under warranty in 1969--car was delivered with a stuck brake light switch--and were replaced with amber center lenses because by Sept '69 the red center lenses were NLA)

And the grey foam gaskets are still available thru BMW (aren't they, Blunt?)

cheers

mike