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OK, bad day for me. I spent most of this afternoon repairing the spotlight on my truck. I actually got it working, cleaned everything up and adjusted it. Then, when I was reassembling the reflector and glass lense, I fumbled the glass & broke it. I'd have a nasty hole to fill in the window post if I eliminated the light, eh?

Does anyone have one of these lenses laying around by any chance? The company that made the thing is Casco, of Bridgeport CT.

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Try your local Police Supply store. Believe it or not they still use a simular style that you should be able to adapt.


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Just find a Unity and be done with it. Replacement parts are much easier to be done.


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Do a search on E-bay for a unity. There should be a million of them on there.

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Excellent idea on swapping to a Unity. I'm checking for 6 volt spotlights on Ebay right now.

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I wonder if anyone would sell a 6V bulb? That way you could buy a semi-modern Unity and drop in the 6V bulb.

The new ones all have black plastic heads. They work nice...but..No Chrome...

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I wonder if anyone would sell a 6V bulb? That way you could buy a semi-modern Unity and drop in the 6V bulb.

The new ones all have black plastic heads. They work nice...but..No Chrome...
I dunno. I have a question in to an Ebayer about that right now. There's a lot of"antique" Unity spotlights listed, but no one sez anything about voltage.

It would take some serious cobbling to convert the Perfection light that I have now to anything else, the bulb socket is single wire in the center with a connection that allows it to pivot and still make connection. Ground is common thru the truck cab. Works good though.

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Unity still sells the parts for all of those, including 6v bulbs. unityusa.com


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