CMP lights

Jacques Reed · #4 09-03-16, 05:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Herbert

Post WW2 the Dutch army copied these sidelights but in brass instead of white metal. They were used on the standard Daf military range of trucks. As a result they are much better than the originals and were quite easy to find a few years ago - not sure about now though !

David

Hi David,

Well I'll be! Always assumed they were all steel, the front and rear parts. A magnet just proved otherwise to me. Accounts for why the front part rots away a lot faster than the rear part due to electrolysis of dissimilar metals.

I always assumed they were turned up on a lathe too but being white metal most likely were die cast then threaded.

Always something new to learn about the CMP trucks!

Cheers,

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