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FrankUSMC

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Early black out light?
« on: May 28, 2012, 11:56:01 AM »
Ok, before I fall on my sword. Could someone post a photo of an early blackout light the would be on a 1941 M2?
I am talking about the one that is mounted on the brush guard that is mounted on the fender. I walked by the M2 today and noticed the black out lights were not the cat eye ones like on my other trucks, but was a lense like on a CJ2A jeep.
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FrankUSMC

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Re: Early black out light?
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2012, 06:52:17 PM »
It is the second one that is mounted on the fender. My 1941 M2 never went though a rebuild so it would have not had the first one.
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col.halftrack

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Re: Early black out light?
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2012, 10:31:17 AM »
 Early b/o marker lamps had a grilled louver instead of the pin dot rectangle lens in the second pic. They look very similar to what the early Dodges had. I am not sure when the later ones were first installed. I have seen halftracks that were sold surplus post WW2 that still had early louvered mrkrs still on the brushguards so many tracks served at least stateside with the louvered type throughout the war.
 
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Re: Early black out light?
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2012, 07:04:22 PM »
Frank,
Early


Late


Hope this helps.
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Re: Early black out light?
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2012, 04:17:07 PM »
Thanks for all the help!! Mine has the early louver type blackout lights on it.
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