Blackout light. Anyone know which vehicle?

[lynx42]

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

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by lynx42

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.

[George McKenzie]

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

[Alex van de Wetering]

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