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Blackout light. Anyone know which vehicle?
Guys,
I have had this blackout light for a while, but I am not sure what vehicle it fits or belongs to. It's slightly larger than the lights on my Cab11, so maybe a motorbike? Overall diameter is 215mm. The surface of the disk is completely flat. The holder for the "lense" is soldered to the rear of the round disk, not bolted. Any ideas? Alex
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The mask is too large for even the nominal 8" Lucas motorcycle lamp which has a glass of a fraction under 200mm
The WD masks were integral with the rim. I'd suspect that what you have was made for a pre-war civilian car. Probably a posh one. |
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I have seen two pairs of these over the years at swap meets here in Aus. One pair I saw for 3 years at different meets, so obviously no one wanted them, it was described as being for a Blitz, even though they were clearly too large.
Be interested to see what the brains trust comes up with. Rich.
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Black out headlight shield
Alex
I have a pair of Lucas style headlights for my MK I carrier with the lens diameter of 210 mm. Would you be interested in selling the blackout cover. Roberta Comox BC |
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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
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yes
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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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Blackout head light
My RCAF Fordson has the 1930 Model A Ford headlights that would have used this size .My WLC motorcycle light is smaller than a 12 volt light
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Thanks for the responses guys. Rick, it's interesting to hear your description of them being generic and the buyer had to cut them to size. That's exactly what the guy wanted to do, where I bought it from! But, he lost his interest in the Military stuff and sold me the cover.
Alex
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