25 Buick Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Found this cool looking light amongst my Buick parts. However I don't believe it's Buick. Seems to have a red light and two clear lights and an earth bolt on one side. See what you think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 A side marker or parking light. Thousands of them during the thirties and fourties. Often mounted on the driver's side fender and left on at night to let others know there was a parked car in the roadway back before street lights were common. Often green to the front and red to the side and rear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capngrog Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 I believe similar light fixtures were used as caboose marker lights to designate the end of a train. Some of these marker lights looked like this: The last car of a train wasn't always the caboose, but sometimes just a regular car. Regardless, the end of the train had to be marked with a red flag in daytime and a (or a pair of) red light(s) at night. For this reason, these marker lights were usually portable from one car to another. I understand that the protocols for displaying various colored marker lights is somewhat complicated, except that the red lights had to be visible from the rear of the last car of the train. Anyway, that's the limit of my understanding of this, and I'm unable to shed any more light on the subject. Cheers, Grog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 A ruler in the OP's picture would certainly shed a little or a lot of light on the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Hangs from the bottom of a bridge to designate a navigation lane. They make green ones, too. I see them when I walk the Erie Canal. Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gillingham Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) I'd say it's a tail light, probably European. the clear lens is for the number plate. It's very similar to the CAV or the Rotax. If you Google 'Divers Helmet tail lamp" you'll see similar styled lamps. Edited June 23, 2017 by Craig Gillingham (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25 Buick Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 Yes Bentley or rolls early I found some photo evidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gillingham Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 These usually have a maker stamped on them, has this one got one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25 Buick Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 Yes I will try get the paint layers off to reveal the round marker stamp better. Looks like a horse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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