ALREADY STARTED STASHING A FEW PARTS FOR MY NEXT BUILD...
Sorry about this unrelated off-topic posting, but with the finishing post rapidly approaching on my DECOLINER build, I've begun thinking about the next project. Always fancied having a stab at creating a patina'd flat-tanker repro, complete with vintage doo-dads and perhaps even a belt drive. With that in mind, I've started collecting a few parts for the next build which will hopefully keep me meaningfully occupied over the long winter months...
I purchased this lovely old Lucas Silver King bicycle lamp on Fleabay several months back. It came with the usual abundance of age-related dings and crusty patina but I knew with a little tlc it would spruce-up to provide the acceptably careworn look I was after. More noticeably, however, the lamp also came minus its front lens and surround - meaning I scored it for a bargain price. That awol lens/surround didn't particularly concern me given that I somehow intended converting the lamp to LED function anyway.
By sheer good luck it turned out the LED headlight I had purchased for use on my Indian board tracker tribute bike had a detachable lens/surround which matched the Lucas lamp perfectly. So I purchased a second LED headlight (bargain at a mere 4 quid) and cannibalized its lens for use on this project. Result!
Pics show the outcome. My Lucas lamp now has a nifty hinged lens/surround which allows access to the ON/OFF micro-switch and features a hard-wired triple-AAA battery pack concealed within the lamp body.
Really pleased with how this simple conversion turned out.
Next posting WILL be on topic. Promise. I'm busy with DECOLINER's electrics.
Sorry about this unrelated off-topic posting, but with the finishing post rapidly approaching on my DECOLINER build, I've begun thinking about the next project. Always fancied having a stab at creating a patina'd flat-tanker repro, complete with vintage doo-dads and perhaps even a belt drive. With that in mind, I've started collecting a few parts for the next build which will hopefully keep me meaningfully occupied over the long winter months...
I purchased this lovely old Lucas Silver King bicycle lamp on Fleabay several months back. It came with the usual abundance of age-related dings and crusty patina but I knew with a little tlc it would spruce-up to provide the acceptably careworn look I was after. More noticeably, however, the lamp also came minus its front lens and surround - meaning I scored it for a bargain price. That awol lens/surround didn't particularly concern me given that I somehow intended converting the lamp to LED function anyway.
By sheer good luck it turned out the LED headlight I had purchased for use on my Indian board tracker tribute bike had a detachable lens/surround which matched the Lucas lamp perfectly. So I purchased a second LED headlight (bargain at a mere 4 quid) and cannibalized its lens for use on this project. Result!
Pics show the outcome. My Lucas lamp now has a nifty hinged lens/surround which allows access to the ON/OFF micro-switch and features a hard-wired triple-AAA battery pack concealed within the lamp body.
Really pleased with how this simple conversion turned out.
Next posting WILL be on topic. Promise. I'm busy with DECOLINER's electrics.