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Contact Jim DiGiorgio. He has repo lens and may have other parts also. He is in the roster.

I have a few of the reflectors that were reproduced in Australia and could send you one as a model. They are not chromed. We need someone to spin the bodies and reproduce the inner hardware. Packard has the exact base for these lights and I can provide information on how to obtain those. I had planned to reproduce the bases, but I haven't gotten it done, yet!

This is where you can buy the 32-34 Packard sidelight bases which are identical I believe to thte 34/35 Hudson & Terraplane items. $75 is expensive for a small piece of shiny metal, but the manufacturing costs of low volume parts are horrendous.
http://julrichpackard.com/horn_instruments.htm
As a comparison, these guys are set up to do small run repro castings in polished stainless, but looking at what they charge for items of a similar size to the sidelight bases I don't know that they would do them any cheaper.
http://www.vintageandclassicreproductions.com/

I made enquiries about having the 34/35 sidelight shells spun about a year ago. In .9mm brass (.036") they were around $25 a piece doing them 40 at a time, plus a 1 off $150 tooling charge. On top of the $25, the bodies would also need to have the various holes machined and would need to be chrome plated. Cost per shell would rapidly head past $50, add a margin plus pack & post and there would be little change from $100.
I asked the spinners about having the bodies spun in stainless to save the cost of chrome plating, but they did not feel they could successfully spin stainless to that shape.

Richard, who was making repro the reflectors down here? Remaking those would be tricky, they would have to be either spun and then the flutes pressed in, (lowish set up costs) or stamped in one go (much higher set up costs).

Mike, if V&C or indeed anyone who knows what they are doing were to remake the sidelight bases, they would only consider the investment/lost wax process. The process provides a highly detailed item, almost ready to use, straight out of the mould.

Bob, I would have to dig way back in my files to see who I acquired the reflectors from in Australia. I will see if I can find the info, it was about 10 years ago. I also got a price from a little foundry up in Los Angeles to do the bases in lost wax process and it wasn't that expensive. However, I haven't pursued this and not sure foundry is still there. I will see if I can back into this project in the new year (Ah a new year's resolution - I am not good at these!)