cool work lamp from swap meet

[steveo3002]

just remembered i never posted pics of this on here

found it at a swap meet here in england , its a lucas 12v lamp for car breakdowns etc , the fins of the rocket/bomb turn to wind in the cable

thought it was pretty cool for 5 notes

 

[Hesketh]

That is quite cool... but the question must be asked. Made by lucas, so dose it still work?

 

[steveo3002]

it does work..no fires yet heheh

 

[nine4gmc]

That is one killer work light!!

 

[rickhigginshtbr]

that is pretty sweet!

 

[turbowoodworker]

Buck Rogers called. Seems Flash Gordon is missing his nite lite!

 

[PT Doc]

Nice retro styling. Cord is too short though.

 

[ADSR]

Buck Rogers called. Seems Flash Gordon is missing his nite lite!

lol

 

[WWIIjeep]

Nice retro styling. Cord is too short though.

A longer Lucas cord would be more likely to short though.

 

[steveo3002]

its got loads of cord ..its all wound up inside it , matching gold color too

 

[OctoMan]

Did it come with the original smoke ?

 

[fflintstone]

that is SWEET!

 

[jabberwoki]

I think that was fashioned after lord Lucas the prince of darkness's helmet?
I like it.

 

[6-Holer]

Am I the only one that is aware of some kind of weird, juxtaposed, irony in a trouble-shooting lamp for car-work made by Lucas?....not that there's anything WRONG with being English & electric......

(just kidding...trying to get a rise out of someone!)

 

[Gort the giant robot]

I have some trunk lights from the 1950s to 1960s Pontiacs. They mount in the trunk and the cord reels out when you need it and turning the glass cover reels the cord back in. They have a Mercury switch so when you open the trunk they come on. The cord is about 15 feet long.

Gort.

 

[ElectroLight]

I have some trunk lights from the 1950s to 1960s Pontiacs. They mount in the trunk and the cord reels out when you need it and turning the glass cover reels the cord back in. They have a Mercury switch so when you open the trunk they come on. The cord is about 15 feet long.

Gort.

My '86 F250 has the plastic, modern-day equivalent of your trunk light under the hood. Rewinds automatically with a built in spring and even has a magnet on the lamp housing to aid in placement, nice option...

Cool lamp OP!

 

[justanengineer]

Im not sure which is more ironic, that someone in England bought something shaped like a bomb or that they bought an emergency light made by Lucas.

Seriously tho, one of the older gents I work with who is in his 70s explained to me one day after listening to another bad Lucas joke by me that he didnt think they were so bad. On this side of the pond we just suffered from a lack of junkyard parts hence the jokes, when he was younger in England they didnt have that problem.

 

[Outlawmws]

I don't know who you talked to, but I've known a LOT of Englishmen, and NONE of them have a high regard for Lucas in cars...

 

[davesnothere]

That's a sweet looking light, I don't care who made it.

 

[WWIIjeep]

I don't know who you talked to, but I've known a LOT of Englishmen, and NONE of them have a high regard for Lucas in cars...

I've owned 3 British cars. I've never been particularly enamored of Lucas electrical parts, but they were better than British gaskets and seals.