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Lucas Tripod Headlight bulbs
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:48 am
by gordonblawson
When i bought my TD, it had a pair of very powerful bulbs in the Tripods... they
were marked RIVAL (which i understand was a Lucas brand). The output was
60/35. The lighting was as good as my daily driver (actually, better). I had one
burn out and attempted to replace it... everything i tried had very poor output.
Best thing i found was a 50/45 from Abington Spares or Brown Gammon
(forget which). Not quite as bright, but it and one of the others seems to be
"ok".
Anyone know if the RIVAL 60/35 are still around, or might there be one out
there for sale?
Re: Lucas Tripod Headlight bulbs
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:41 am
by John Seim
A great source for obscure light bulbs, for any purpose, is SunRay
Lighting in Irvine, CA. 949 area code. Whatney Way is the street they
are on.
John Seim
Irvine, CA
gordonblawson wrote:
>When i bought my TD, it had a pair of very powerful bulbs in the Tripods... they
>were marked RIVAL (which i understand was a Lucas brand). The output was
>60/35. The lighting was as good as my daily driver (actually, better). I had one
>burn out and attempted to replace it... everything i tried had very poor output.
>Best thing i found was a 50/45 from Abington Spares or Brown Gammon
>(forget which). Not quite as bright, but it and one of the others seems to be
>"ok".
>Anyone know if the RIVAL 60/35 are still around, or might there be one out
>there for sale?
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