Morris Minor Owners Club

Can anyone tell me what car this was originally from? It is a very high quality Lucas map or dash lamp. It works by turning the cylinder (which contains a festoon bulb) outward to any angle in 360 degrees. One chrome end of the cylinder has a recess which makes or breaks the electrical contact with a protruding pin on one of the supports as it is turned in or out. Thus the lamp extinguishes itself automatically as you turn it in.

I must say it is far superior to those bendy/flexy map lamps you see on eBay!



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'very high quality' and 'Lucas' - words not often seen together in a sentence!! No idea what it's from - but an interesting find!

I would say from the look of it that it's a pre-war lamp that would have been bought as an accessory.
Very nice find and will look very good in a Minor.

Hello

Probably a bit/very late with this. It is a dashboard lamp used on cars of the 1920s. As it happens i am looking for one of these for a Bentley replica so if by any chance you can be temped to sell it please contact neiltig19@googlemail.com

Thanks

Neil

the value has now just quadrupled and rising

Interesting. It currently resides in an old Austin Allegro.

bmcecosse wrote:'very high quality' and 'Lucas' - words not often seen together in a sentence!! No idea what it's from - but an interesting find!

I agree, All Hail Joe Lucas - "Prince Of Darkness"!

JOWETTJAVELIN wrote:Interesting. It currently resides in an old Austin Allegro.

2 desirable items then!