I would agree more with Ken. My BN6 always had the Le Mans lights with stock
bulbs. Really neat looking, with the LeMans 24 script, but they were never
totally satisfactory. They really are period racing- not everyday modern-
lights IMHO.
The superb Lucas design and precise alignment was able to extract the very
maximum out of a normal stock tungsten bulb of the 1950's. But only on high
beam. Low beams were always just two miserable yellow pools in front of the
car, as if there was a sacrifice of one (low) for the other (high). I suppose
one didn't dip beams coming up on a competitor in a race. These lights with
stock bulbs are really not up to modern lighting standards, but I rather like
the distinctive British Car yellow look.
The original Lucas P 700 and PL 700 'tripod' lamps were the performance road
lights of the time, with both excellent high and low beams. I say 'original'
because the tripod reproduction lamps commonly seen now are of absolutely
abysmal quality- lacking all of what made the Lucas units great- superb
optical quality, precision alignment and high assembly standards.
Tungsten-halogen bulbs with the P45 base these tripod lamps need are readily
available, but the LeMans take a harder to find P36 base. Can't help
wondering if the original precise alignment of reflector to filament, is not
quite the same with a replacement WalMart halogen bulb. More power, though.
The LeMans lights were usually left on high beam with few disagreements. And
we've generally gotten more used to looking into paint-blistering blue HID
lights these days.
Best
Peter
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