H1 restoration - guidance and pointers

Need some help with a technical problem - ask away and let's see if we can all help.

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Joelipol
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H1 restoration - guidance and pointers

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One of the final pieces of my puzzle is fitting correct headlights to my '71T and have been sitting on these H1s for sometime waiting for a lockdown to start!

I was going to do use these guys for resilvering:
http://www.chromerestorationspecialist. ... silvering/

Rewire them myself and give a general clean and once over. However one of them is worse than the other and one part of one of them, the 3 tab connector on one of the lights is very corroded. Any smart ideas of how to replace it without drilling and reattaching (which looks out of my capabilities?). Or alternatively - does anyone know of any specialist that could help?

I've checked this resource online a bit, a great reference: http://www.audettecollection.com/h1-history
and I often come across Karmon selling them at huge prices - keen to not have to resort to that...

Many thanks in advance.. Joel

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You have PM
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Try Genius of the Lamp in Birmingham. They do silvering and repair work.
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+1 for Genius of the Lamp. They are very helpful.
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Interesting... thanks. The above lot (Chromerestospecialists) have quoted 72+VAT for each reflector in case that is useful for anyone considering the same
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