M38Cdn Fender Signal Light Wiring

[Wayne Hingley]

Rob & David: thanks for the additional info. I was never sure if my 1953 M38A1 CDN had the signal lights added in service or post service. But it sounds like the M38's & M38A1's underwent the same modification orders to add the lights. Mine is exactly as you both describe, and it has the Do-ray 999 signal arm that Rob mentioned.

As far as the light lens cover: mine just had the blackouts with the insides removed.

[David Dunlop]

Rob. Those are indeed the amber lenses. My M38CDN was equipped with them when surplussed at Kapyong in 1976. A couple of years earlier, at the big M38CDN Auction at Shilo, most of the vehicles there I recall were also so equipped, but some did have the modified original markers as you described.

I kept the big amber lenses and found a set of stripped original lenses and used amber coloured bulbs in them. Just looked more 'military' to me, and as you say was the norm until the arrival of the amber lenses in the 1960's.

Hope you are not snowed in yet out there tonight, Rob. That Penguin might be right handy this winter!


David

[Christian Shoebridge]

Peter
i have an extra set of marker lamps with the amber lenses as in the above pic.if you want them and have trouble locating let me know and il dig them up for you

merry christmas happy new year

Christian
52 m38
53 m100
43 WLC

[Peter Phillips]

Originally Posted by Christian Shoebridge

Peter
i have an extra set of marker lamps with the amber lenses as in the above pic.if you want them and have trouble locating let me know and il dig them up for you

merry christmas happy new year

Christian
52 m38
53 m100
43 WLC

Thanks for the offer Christian but I bought a set of NOS ones recently and have them mounted. I can't seem to be able to get picytures on this forum for some reason or else I would've shown the end result.

Cheers, Pete!