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Does anyone know of a source for replacement mirrors for a Rushmore Searchlight? Appropriate 7” diameter.

Bump for knowledge. Aren’t there any options for restoration of a Rushmore?
Keith

If you still have the original mirror and it just needs to be re-silvered, you may be able to find someone in your area to re-silver it for you.

Folks that do glass mirror re-silvering are few and far between these days, so you might have to send it somewhere. There is a fellow in St. Paul that does resilvering - Alchemy Mirror. (He re-silvered my bathroom mirror years ago and has done some lamp mirrors for the antique car guys here in the Twin Cities).

http://alchemymirrorresilvering.com/

For reproduction mirrors, contact this outfit:

http://www.veteranautolamps.com/Rushmor ... 0Lamps.htm

http://www.veteranautolamps.com/new_reproductions.htm

Thanks Erik. I have sent an email to them.
Keith

Anxious to find out if they are still in business. The web site has not been updated since 2009. I emailed them a couple of years ago and they had temporarily stopped the lamp operation due to some family stuff. They had purchased all the tooling, equipment etc from a guy in New Zeland and moved it all to the US, but as far as I know they never really opened up for business.
I will try and get some info on new reflectors from a friend who had some made for an early car he was restoring and will posst here when I get the details.
Terry

Thanks Terry,
I sent two emails to the contact link on the WEB site. No response so far. I appreciate your checking into other options.
Keith,

I have. One of those search lights. The reflector needs re silvering. Thank U for the info.p

Here is the info I got -
Buffalo Precision Glass.Com
Buffalo Precision Glass
56 Harvester Ave
Batavia NY 14020
1-585-343-6050
Let us know if this turns out ok for you as there are probably a lot of people who would like to have new reflectors.
Terry

I just came across this and thought I would share.

https://hcca.org/BOARDS/viewtopic.php?f ... 2efd171850

Not using gas to light i bought concave parabolic mirror
From science teacher supply