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order to haul the trailer back and forth from the storage area, one of the
first orders of business was getting the running lights and stop/turn signals
working again. After 45 years, every gasket, seal and socket had turned
to crumbs. All the steel parts were very rusted and corroded. |
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Bargman company made most of the lights used by Airstream in the '50's &
'60's. These small #9's with #11 lenses were used from about 1954 to 1958. |

A
completed Bargman#9 taillight. The same Nuvite polish used on the exterior
will work on the lenses
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These were the removed lights - pretty much
piles of rust

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Tail-lights
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To
remove the rust, all the metal parts were sandblasted
Broken down into its 3 major components. The
light socket contacts are new replacements from the auto parts store =>
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There
are a lot of parts involved. The black strips are mastic strips used to seal
the lamp housings in the trailer cutout.
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View
of the rear of the completed light showing the cork flange seal.
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Trailer
cutout showing corrosion under and around opening. The electrical system was
set up for dual element 6V bulbs for separate stop and turn circuits, not
at all usable with todays tow vehicles. I disconnected the old stop light
circuit and installed modern single element bulbs.
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Mastic installed around the polished opening
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Installed |

Completed
installation |
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Marker
Lights |

The
sandblasted base - compare to the pictures above. Ready for the Imiron paint
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All
new seals were cut from cork gasket material
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Skin cutout showing corrosion
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Corrosion
removed
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The
ready to install assemblies with their new stainless steel hardware
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A
finished installation
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License
Plate Light |

The
Bargman light with its all new parts
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The
light and bracket received Imiron paintafter being sandblasted
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Installed
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Installed
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