OK, Italian design but generally speaking, French cars have (or did have) quirky looks and engineering. Not the all Italian design is beautiful -...
Surely not - from the country that gave the world the Citroen DS series!! :) They looked like something from outer space when they first landed...
:-k Is that another of your Shetland words, Jeff? - along with 'dratsies' and 'dunna chuck bruck'... ;) :lol:
That was specifically regarding the matt chrome hood rather than the entire lantern! Well, you've clearly resisted the temptation to polish the...
You can't do that because it would damage the coherence of the thread...
Those "hats", as you call them, are matt speculum/chromium plated which is how they left the factory (plus a few years use and in storage)....
That's odd - Amazon US has them and even ships to the UK within a week for just a few dollars. We don't impose a tarriff on them, either:- Amazon.com
Thirty seconds later:- 3B Scientific U19562 Set of 10 Plotting Compasses - for point-by-point plotting of magnetic flux lines : Amazon.co.uk:...
If you want to put the lantern well above eye level in a large building and hope to illuminate a wide area then the 500cp will be better. However,...
I wasn't aware of that. I've a couple of very late FL6s (from memory, early '70s) and I've clearly not looked at them well enough. Next time they...
I think that's a distinct possibility... :thumbup:
As far as I'm aware, that navy-blue cap was only on the very rare cream lanterns. Brown lanterns had a matching brown cap as in the middle lantern...
You're not meant to be able to unscrew the bottom part although I've seen the odd one that's come apart. They're not intended to be serviceable...
Thank you... :thumbup: :D
I think it's quite possible that W&B could have started the numbering at 101 to avoid leading zeros e.g. 001, 002, 011, 012 etc. which would mean...
I'm pretty sure it's the latter - heat protection for the tank as opposed to a wind deflector...
Having had a couple through my hands, that looks right. The ringers (sadly, there are a few about) are quite easy to distinguish. Well found......
I sold my gold-plated Tilley hood last week at Newark - it wasn't real gold though! :lol:
It was (garden) fork handles - 'andles for forks! THE TWO RONNIES
Well, patience pays off and almost 15 years later one finally did. It's an HI and shown on the left in this picture:- [ATTACH] The one on the...
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