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Tiger Headlight Restoration

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    Firstly, I received some bits from a destroyed Panzer front headlight..

    Panzer Headlight & Parts
    Panzer Headlight cover
    Bosch Armoured glass

    Got them all together in a box... and sent them off to be cleaned and some TLC
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    Last edited by The Devil's Bank; 05-29-2018 at 12:45 AM.

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    The main rusty parts were given a Electronic cleaning, Electrolysis I believe

    The other parts were given a "Dry Run" to make sure they were the correct fit..

    Getting the Bosch Armoured glass was a nightmare

    The rubbers were too damaged and out of shape, so were kept to make templates
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    All the parts now shown nice and clean, we could now see the poor state of this lovely headlight after being in the ground for Seventy odd years.

    The parts were put together to see what was needed to complete the restoration.
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    Last edited by The Devil's Bank; 10-07-2016 at 08:29 PM.

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    I wanted to try and get this superb artifact working again, I think it will be well worth it.

    Different parts where acquired from all over Europe.

    Some of the very rare pieces were impossible to find, so, other parts were adapted to fit inside the light.

    It looked so much better after the clean up
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    Next Stage, was putting it back together with new screws and giving it a coat of paint.

    A new base had to be made, the original housing is impossible to find.

    So, another Panzer part was adapted to take on the Headlight.
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    Last edited by The Devil's Bank; 05-29-2018 at 12:47 AM.

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    I wanted desperately to see if we could light it up?

    New Electronic parts were added, and it lit up first time around

    It was beyond any thing that I could imagine at the start of this project.
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    Now to get it painted properly and add it's front cover..
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    So we now see it as a every day Lamp, to be used once again after all those years in the ground.

    The out come is wonderful and I'm delighted with it.

    It's still a bit fragile, but the metal is still strong, no more rust!

    It was quite a hard job getting the parts, some were impossible to find.

    This Headlight came from a Tiger kill, in Latvia and other Tiger parts were found with it, confirming it as a Tiger.
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    So, from this, to this..

    The camouflage pattern probably isn't every body's cup of Tea, but it does show the Head Light off really well.

    Some completely untouched examples are going between £1500 - £2000

    Mine never cost a quarter of that, Mine was on a Tiger, that was destroyed in battle.
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    Last edited by The Devil's Bank; 05-29-2018 at 12:49 AM.

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    Cool

    I like it - and the display ! The persistence of a true enthusiast....

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