Rear reflectors

I went to the show out in Anaheim this past weekend and saw most cars had the little square reflectors on the back by the tail lights. Are those original to the build or are they used as a modern safety feature?

original to the build. you can get a broken original glass lens reflector thats been nicely cleaned for $250.

Or you can get re-pops here:
Item #18
https://klasse356.secure.gearhost.com/catalog/showItems.asp?Category=EXL

Or from Stoddard for $24.75 each. Just bought 2 a few weeks ago.
http://www.stoddard.com/shop/shopexd.asp?id=2063

Received mine from Sierra Madre yesterday. reflector is reasonable quality with nut and two rubber washers to sandwich the body. The bases (purchased separately from S-M as well)are just aluminum. They aren't buffed out or anything. Pretty clear that you gotta have the bases to mount these so they are level.

I think I have less than $60.00 in the pair.

Now the question is placement. Appears they are positioned about 1/2" outboard of dead center of the middle of the teardrop tail lights and the hole driled about one inch above the bumper. Right or wrong?

Bob

Mat Esq from Chula Vista,
I wish I had known you'd be there.. I arrived around 10:30AM and had my 73 911 parked along the wall on the south side of the large grass area.

Heading to Chula Vista RV resort today and returning on Monday the 12th

here is the placement

Mango:

Thanks. I studied this in the original thread where you provided it. I have teardrops instead of beehives and I wonder if the distance from dead center of the license plate (410 mm in your diagram)to the inner edge of the reflector is different on a teardrop set up then a beehive set up? I will measure it off and see where that offset puts the reflector relative to the center of the teardrop.

Again, thanks for re-posting this.

Bob

Mango:

If I had really been paying attention I would have noticed that you laid a faint picture of teardrops over the picture of the beehives. Must be age creeping up on my sorry butt.

Again thanks!

Bob

email me two pictures of the rear of original 356's and i'll photoshop them / post it.

Done. Easy job to mount them once you get the landmarks set. Painters taped the area before drilling, measured 1 3/4" down from the dividing line between the blinker section and the tail light section of the teardrop. They sit 1" above the top of the bumper. I understand that is where they ought to be.

Top of the hole was at that 1 3/4" level.

Siliconed the inside of the holes and the rubber gaskets that sandwich the fiberglass.

Only problem is some mushrooming of the inner rubber gasket that fits agains the lockwasher, but no biggie.

These reflectors from Sierra Madre are just fine for my nice driver Speedie. Look right, fit good and throw some more reflection out back.

Thanks, Mango.

Bob