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Help ID this Blackout Light Please

Post by Dan S » Thu Mar 15, 2018 1:27 pm

Anyone have any idea which vehicle this light is from / for?
The bracket is one that I an not familiar with.
I'm thinking it may be from a truck. Any help is appreciated.

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Re: Help ID this Blackout Light Please

Post by D.R.H. » Thu Mar 15, 2018 3:40 pm

Looks M-series. Perhaps M-135 or M-211 and mounted in the left front fender.
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Re: Help ID this Blackout Light Please

Post by Joe Gopan » Thu Mar 15, 2018 3:47 pm

Bracket looks like the one in the ORD9 G-744. All it needs is someone to buy the truck to mount it on. :wink:
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Re: Help ID this Blackout Light Please

Post by D.R.H. » Thu Mar 15, 2018 3:55 pm

Look at this video at 3:23; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usbR11842B8, you can see the B.O. light in the grill. I had to know EXACTLY what a G-744 is.
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Re: Help ID this Blackout Light Please

Post by Joe Gopan » Fri Mar 16, 2018 3:41 am

The M-62 has a red warning light on the LEFT fender that is similar to the BO Headlamp the bracket could be similar. I don't have access to a 5 Ton M-62. The Red warning light has the same body as the BO Headlamp.
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Re: Help ID this Blackout Light Please

Post by eme411 » Sat Mar 17, 2018 3:49 pm

this light is for late M-series with the hump on the light , early M-series no hump , Not WW2

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Re: Help ID this Blackout Light Please

Post by Joe Gopan » Sat Mar 17, 2018 6:51 pm

All M-Series 24Volt can use this BOD Headlamp Assy., but only one truck uses that bracket. :wink:
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