[Healeys] Duplo head lamps

Oudesluys coudesluijs at chello.nl
Fri Dec 25 14:23:11 MST 2015


There were two systems, you could have yellow bulbs with clear lenses or 
you could have yellow lenses with clear bulbs.
Kees Oudesluijs


Op 25-12-2015 om 15:54 schreef John Vrugtman:
> I took delivery of a new 64 in Paris of 1964, it had yellow lens just 
> like all the other cars in France.  Still have the car, but not the lamps.
>
> John
> 64/66 BJ8s
>
> On 12/25/2015 9:38 AM, Auto Farm wrote:
>>
>> While Duplo or Duplux were Phillip’s trade names for dual filament 
>> bulbs, I think it would be far more likely that the reference on the 
>> Heritage Cert. was for a yellow/amber bulb, since all cars at that 
>> time had dual filament bulbs.  The key here, I believe, is the 
>> shipping destination of Paris, France which had a requirement for 
>> these coloured bulbs.  The UK did not.
>>
>> Cheers…Bob
>>
>> *From:*Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of 
>> *Michael Salter
>> *Sent:* December-24-15 3:25 PM
>> *To:* healeys at autox.team.net
>> *Subject:* [Healeys] Duplo head lamps
>>
>> I've just received the Heritage Certificate for a basket case '54 BN1 
>> that I hope to eventually restore and the certificate indicates that 
>> this car was originally delivered to Paris, France and was fitted 
>> with Duplo head lamps...
>>
>> Does anyone know what Duplo head lamps means?
>>
>> Michael S
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> /If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem./
>>
>>
>>
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