drewe Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 I have bought a new boxed Military Floodlight No-2 Mk.1 from an autojumble. It has the part number LV6/MT3 LU/51998A clearly a Lucas product packaged by them in 1964. It looks to me like some form of infra red floodlight which bolts to a vehicle and connects to a power supply via a rubberised 2 pin plug. Can any forum member please enlighten me as to what it is and what it fits? I attach some photo's. Regards, Drew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 I was next to you when you bought it. :-D It is very similar to a wartime Tabby light I have but mine has only one clamping point rather than the three on yours. The VAOS prefix LV6/MT3 shows it is a MT electrical item & it would be common to more than one type of vehicle. LU is of course the VAOS code for Lucas. It clearly predates NATO codification & is not in my VAOS LV6/MT3 dated 1943. So I would guess it something from the 1950s-60s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 waking up an old thread, but did this ever come to light? I just picked up two spare lenses for one of these. It’s in the 1955 VAOS but not the 1951, but in 1955 it’s called “B/FV/HW/1” which is imprinted on the top (and yes it’s really weird to see a B for Butler part number stamp inside a Lucas package) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 38 minutes ago, Lauren Child said: It’s in the 1955 VAOS but not the 1951, but in 1955 it’s called “B/FV/HW/1” which is imprinted on the top (and yes it’s really weird to see a B for Butler part number stamp inside a Lucas package) To answer your query, Lucas bought the Butler business in 1948. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 4 hours ago, Richard Farrant said: To answer your query, Lucas bought the Butler business in 1948. Ah that would explain that one. Here is the real (stamped) part number, which is in the same format as the wartime ones. Stamped B-FV-HW-1 but in the vaos it shows it with / instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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