Lynx II, hull # 4225

[David Dunlop]

Peter.

Glad to help.

I think that is the first convoy lamp setup I have ever seen that was not hard mounted to a rear frame crossmember somewhere behind the rear axle assembly.

Mounting it directly to the back of the axle would mean the lamp was always on target regardless of any axle movement. Be interesting how much slack was put into the convoy lamp wire to allow for the axle movement and where the wiring was run.

With a frame mounted convoy lamp, extra wiring would not be an issue as the lamp could not move, but now I am wondering just how much of a problem it was with a fixed mount frame convoy lamp and the target axle moving about on rough terrain, to make Ford consider this design option for the Lynx?

Keep up the great work, by the way, Peter.

David