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  • 26th January 2020 at 5:21 pm #26021
    1515
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      My 53 LHD Normale has a Marchal spotlight and foglight.

      Was that the normal thing to do…one of each and were they a common period addition.

      Trying to decide take off or replace!

      Can anyone recommend suppliers please.

      27th January 2020 at 11:37 pm #26027
      Larry Lewis
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        I have one of each on my 54 11B. There was a hole through the body on the passenger side A pillar for one when I got the car but the outer hole had a small plate welded over it but the hole went through to the windscreen frame. I finally found a European spotlight and installed it. The brand is Midnight Sun and it’s from Holland. I can’t say if the car had a spotlight when new, but maybe. I have one spotlight on the driver’s side of the front bumper. Why one? I think it looks good. So I would leave the lights on your car, they may have been there a long time. But if you are looking for a supplier try this guy- he’s usually at the Beaulieu autojumble.

        https://www.les-six-troenes.com/

        6th February 2020 at 2:59 pm #26055
        Paul Barnard
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          Hi 1515

           

          If they are Marchal I’m guessing that they will be 1 x 660 model and 1 x 660/760 model – the only difference being the layout of the prisms in the glass. They are often available on Ebay, believe it or not but they are never cheap! I managed to buy a French spotlight for the windscreen pillar and I also have an American one which is almost identical (a leftover from one of the WWII militarys I used to own)  but I’m now in two minds about drilling a hole through the pillar.

          Larry have you a picture of yours? It might persuade me one way or the other…..

          7th February 2020 at 12:56 am #26058
          Larry Lewis
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            Here you go. The spotlight is turned on by the dashboard Plafonnier switch as that was never connected to anything due to the car having a sunroof.  There is a relay for it on the bulkhead to the left of the battery. It’s pretty bright and it sure lights up that side of the engine if I ever needed to do that. I’ve always like movable spotlights- my first experience was the one mounted on my aunt’s 1955 Mercury when I was a kid. The driving light is pretty bright too. I don’t know why but I like the look of a single driving light.

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            8th February 2020 at 12:50 pm #26067
            Paul Barnard
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              CB6C1283-9D05-4FF9-8E35-0CFBF5A8C9D3Thanks Larry

              I read somewhere that having a spotlight fitted like that was often a sign that car had been used by the police – particularly the Belgian ones. The single driving spot could be another sign.
              Pic – not quite as glamorous as your aunt’s Mercury…..

              8th February 2020 at 5:47 pm #26068
              Larry Lewis
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                Hi Paul- It may have been  a police car at some point- it has an 80 amp dynamo probably to power radio equipment. The driving light I added myself after buying it at the Beaulieu autojumble a few years ago.

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