Gray & Davis gas lamp what she come off of?

[Brad in Wisconsin]

Gray & Davis model 106    anyone know what that it fits by the brackets or ????  also a presto-light tank came with it. Saw online that Cadillac used them but where there's is stamped mine has no marks.

[Terry Bond]

Could have been any car.  Gray and Davis was a well known maker of lamps and many were supplied with specific cars, but they are usually also embossed with the car name, e.g. Cadillac.   I have a large collection of early accessory catalogs and there are many Gray and Davis lamps illustrated in them that could be purchased and put onto any car.  They were a pretty good quality lamp so were probably an upgrade.  A lot of cars also actually came without lamps supplied original equipment, and if you wanted some, you bought what you preferred.  They were available from auto parts stores, country garages, hardware stores, and of course even some dealers supplied them.  Polish it up and put it on the shelf to admire.  They are not terribly scarce.  Big issue with them is cracked reflector.  Those glass mirrors are getting difficult to find and usually will need to be resilvered.  Burners are also available but not getting any cheaper.

Terry.  

[keiser31]

The bracket base looks more like it was on a truck instead of a car. Here is a 1915 International Harvester with short supports....

Edited November 12, 2016 by keiser31 (see edit history)

[Terry Bond]

Agree, I thought the two piece bracket was kinda truck-like.  With the bracket being adjustable, you could use most any kind of lamp you wanted.  That would be typical for a truck type vehicle.

Terry