Willis Lamm's
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Darley Simplex C-811 "Three bulb" 4-way signal |
Disassembled for paint stripping.
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New aluminum corner and tabs
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The original Darley signals came out in a "natural" aluminum color. From what we could tell the castings were sprayed with an aluminum oxide paint to brighten the finish of the signal and minimize oxidation. The advantage of this was that as the paint wore off, the signal pretty much looked the same.
A number of these old signals were eventually painted yellow or other colors when jurisdictions adopted uniform body color standards for their signals. In this restoration the signal will be returned to its original aluminum color.
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One side panel & set of portholes restored.
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