73 Turn Signal Lenses

[Bill K.]

* What are the part numbers for the front/rear turn signal lenses of a '73 412 Wagon?
* Was there just OEM units made?
* Ever see clear or smoked ones?
Thanks.

[vonkr]

Sorry, I don't have an answer but a question. What does OEM stands for? I've seen it a several times before.....

Thnx, Ronald

[412LE]

412 was mounted with clear front turnlight lenses in front, in Italy.
I have only seen 2 sets of these.
One is lying in my basement for use on my own 412, and the other set is seen on a car for sale on www.bugnet.de.
My set was purchased by a compani in Germany some yeas ago.

Best regards Frank

[raygreenwood]

OEM...stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer. It means that the manufacturere of a given part was one that made parts for the car company to actually put on the cars that were being produced.....as compared to aftermarket equipment manufacturers....who make accessories or replacement parts to be bought and installed after the car leaves teh assembly line. A given manufacturere can be both....and the parts can either be identical or totally different. Ray

[ubercrap]

Exactly, Italian cars should have come with clear turn signal lenses in front. If you need some new ones, check on the samba.com, I think there are some NOS available for an OK price. If you want smoked, there is at least one company that makes a spray on product specifically to smoke lenses. It works adequately from what I've seen, but looks dull. Maybe one could spray the inside of the lense in this application? I believe MattKab on here has a 411 with blacked-out lenses, maybe he can give you a clue on how it was done?

[Bill K.]

Great tip on Italian OEM (like Ray says...) clear lenses. I'm on the hunt!

Are the '73 412 lenses common to any other years?

[Wally]

412 was mounted with clear front turnlight lenses in front, in Italy.
I have only seen 2 sets of these.
One is lying in my basement for use on my own 412, and the other set is seen on a car for sale on www.bugnet.de.

Best regards Frank

I have seen only one set of those and yes, that was the same bugnet for sale car...
Looked cool as hell tho

[Bill K.]

Is the car still shown on bugnet? I don't understand German, so a link would be nice...

[Wally]

Luckily enough it is!:

http://www.bugnet.de/markt/marktbild.pl?14170

[Bill K.]

Thanks Wally. You're right, lookin' kuhl especially on white car.

[412LE]

I promice it will look really cool on a Sumatra Green wagon as well.

Best regards Frank

[ubercrap]

Great tip on Italian OEM (like Ray says...) clear lenses. I'm on the hunt!

Are the '73 412 lenses common to any other years?

I'd like some too, but I suspect they will be as difficult to find as hen's teeth.

[raygreenwood]

The only clear lenses I have seen here...were on a type 3 1500s I bought years ago. It also had the clear Euro side marker lights. I have never even seen them in pictures on a type 4. Ray

[Bill K.]

I got my 411/412 parts list today, so here's the p/n's.

Front parking lenses:
411: 411-953-142C (right) -141C (left)
412: 411-953-142E (right) -141E (left)

Rear tail and back up lenses:
412 wagon: 461-945-452 (right) -451 (left)
all others: 411-945-452 (right) -451 (left)

Rear turn lenses:
412 wagon: 461-945-453A
412 sedan: 411-945-454D (right) -453D (left)
411: 411-945-453B