Those elusive green reflectors......

[r.morrison]

Bruce, the way I look at it...if it doesn't exist for years ( based on info from the MLU Forum ) then finding something as close as this, well, where do you put a price on that. They cost me about $20.00 bucks each Canadian delivered and if I can make up a replica of the originals, anyone with the early CMP models benefits. You have a choice of Chandelier or CMP and as our friend Brian Asbury says...."tres uber expensive" and elusive. Again, I have an agreement with the seller on price and to buy any of these units he can find and I would sooner have them on a CMP.
Cheers.....Robert

[r.morrison]

Bruce, just as a foot note, I talked with the owner of the store in Prague and he said that they very very seldom come across the green ones of that size. So as Brian A. said..... they are very elusive! Something is better than nothing.

Cheers....Robert

[Bob Carriere]

Are they green both sides or one green one RED?????

Bob C

[r.morrison]

Well Bobb..... that deepends on how muuch you've had to drunk/drink!!!!
The green ones again are "green manufactured crystal". The inside of those prisms are painted with Gold Paint, which I would imagine would be related to reflection. Now the Red Prisms, a separate unit, I would basically say would be the same, as well as being the exact same size as the green ones. According to the entries on the Forum, the Red ones were never used (even though they are a lot cheaper.)
Hop thiss hellps.......Wobert (Joking)

[r.morrison]

Bobb....did you mean colours front and back of the "prism" or colours on the bumper of a CMP. Good Question.......Wobwert

[Bob Carriere]

I was under the impression that the jewels..... one red and one green where meant for opposite sides of the bumpers..... and being a British design were associated with the RED port side and green starboard side....after all most of the early British driving etiquette was based on maritime experience....hence driving on the left side like ships crossing from opposite direction.

Deep somewhere in my many boxes of CMP bits, odds & ends and what nots..... that I have a set of jewels and I believe one is green one is red. I never installed them as I replaced my old twisted bumper with a new section of U channel and the old bumper did not have the hole for the jewels.

Keep in mind that my relatively early Chevrolet cab 11 never went over seas and never had the black out masks on the headlights, no rear axle light and no front fender mounted position lights. My vehicle as far as I can tell was purely a base runabout in the HQ area. It also did not have later retro fits like the long hook on the cowling for driving with the doors ajar nor the retro fitted straps to limit the doors from banging on the cargo box. It does however have the air vents and the Ford woven mesh grill.

But having said all that, one must remember that it is very difficult to make a claim that anything is original on a 77 years old truck.

Cheers Woburt

a.k.a. Elmer Fudd

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

I've never seen a red one. All these years I was under the impression both sides were green. Find the red one and I'll convert...

Seems to me even if one is red it could be a little misleading to an oncoming vehicle at night, what with mixing up front and back and all.

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

I was under the impression that the jewels..... one red and one green where meant for opposite sides of the bumpers..... and being a British design were associated with the RED port side and green starboard side....after all most of the early British driving etiquette was based on maritime experience....hence driving on the left side like ships crossing from opposite direction.

Deep somewhere in my many boxes of CMP bits, odds & ends and what nots..... that I have a set of jewels and I believe one is green one is red. I never installed them as I replaced my old twisted bumper with a new section of U channel and the old bumper did not have the hole for the jewels.

Keep in mind that my relatively early Chevrolet cab 11 never went over seas and never had the black out masks on the headlights, no rear axle light and no front fender mounted position lights. My vehicle as far as I can tell was purely a base runabout in the HQ area. It also did not have later retro fits like the long hook on the cowling for driving with the doors ajar nor the retro fitted straps to limit the doors from banging on the cargo box. It does however have the air vents and the Ford woven mesh grill.

But having said all that, one must remember that it is very difficult to make a claim that anything is original on a 77 years old truck.

Cheers Woburt

a.k.a. Elmer Fudd