Forever the optimist I thought I would post this in case anyone has any 1939 Vickers 90cm Searchlight lumps in their shed or collections. We rescued one from the South Coast last year that was going to be scrapped but it wasn’t complete, we need any internal parts, also a cooling fan (mounted on the top of the light) Mirror, Lens, data plates etc etc.
Here are a couple of pics of the restoration underway…
By: TonyT - 11th January 2016 at 19:49
I wonder if the RAF still use them, they used to use them or similar to measure cloudbases.. I also wonder if there is commonality in some parts with lighthouse stuff.
By: jeepman - 11th January 2016 at 18:05
Forever the optimist I thought I would post this in case anyone has any 1939 Vickers 90cm Searchlight lumps in their shed or collections. We rescued one from the South Coast last year that was going to be scrapped but it wasn’t complete, we need any internal parts, also a cooling fan (mounted on the top of the light) Mirror, Lens, data plates etc etc.
Here are a couple of pics of the restoration underway…
Might be worth posting on HMVF to see if anybody can help
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January 11, 2016 at 5:21 pm