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Old 10-07-11, 03:59
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Originally Posted by lynx42 View Post
Black-out light covers were available to one and all.
The civilian population, as well had to have them. That is why there are so many around today. Although there were ones made especially for individual military vehicles, if you needed to use your vehicle at night, (and you actually had fuel), you just went out and purchased a pair and with your tin snips, cut them to size to fit your headlight.
Rick
Correct . Kids made them out of cardboard and stuck them on pushbike lights.

They were a generic thing . The rate of auto accidents was higher too .

A VMVC member told me years ago, his brother was killed during Melbourne's "Brown out" . Riding a M/cycle home at night , he hit a sleeping dog beneath a covered over street lamp. Thrown off and died from the injuries.
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