Unknown tail light

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Unknown tail light

Post by Adam » Sun Apr 15, 2018 4:22 am

Any Ideas?

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Re: Unknown tail light

Post by Joe Gopan » Sun Apr 15, 2018 4:43 am

Appears to be barn find Japanese.
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Re: Unknown tail light

Post by Chuck Lutz » Sun Apr 15, 2018 8:24 am

Yup....those were used on the trailers for the JSDF in the 1950s...here is a pic:
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Re: Unknown tail light

Post by signsup » Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:20 am

So, would these be 12v? 6v? Japanese V?

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Re: Unknown tail light

Post by Chuck Lutz » Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:18 am

See if the bulbs have any description of voltage on them.
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Re: Unknown tail light

Post by signsup » Tue Apr 17, 2018 11:20 am

This style is on eBay from our friends in India, where al quality reporduction jeep parts come from. I love the phillips head screws on the "WWII" tail light.
Adam sent me some photos and the sockets hold small bulbs, not the sealed beam type black out or convoy light. So I presume I can put either 6v or 12v bulbs in them. Or, convert to LED for that matter.


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