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I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THIS IS??????? - 4/21/2006 9:55:07 PM    welddigger   Posts: 572 Joined: 4/24/2004 From: Hereford,PA. Status: offline OK! I WAS PULLING ALL MY DUG JUNK OUT OF MY SHED FOR SOME REASON AND CAME ACROSS THIS. I DUG IT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO ON A DUMP OVER THE SIDE OF A BANK ON A STONE ROAD IN EASTREN PA.MY ONLY GUESS IS IT IS A LENS TO A WWII SPOT LIGHT MAYBE. IT WAS A LITTLE DIRTY BUT IN GOOD SHAPE . I JUST GOT DONE CLEANING IT THREE YEARS LATER AND IT IS IN MINT CONDITION, SO I FIGURED I'DE ASK YOU GUYS WHAT YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE??THE BOTTOM STATES, LIBERTY LENS/MACBETH-EVANS/GLASS COMPANY/PAT. DEC.8.14. TYPE-D NO 4746-5-2 8 1/2. THE TOP IS EMBOSSED,MADE IN U.S.A./TOP/PAT. JUNE 29 1920. WELL AFTER TYPING IN THOSE DATES I GUESS THAT PUTS IT BEFORE WWII. ANY INFO WOULD BE COOOOLLL!!!! Post #: 1

RE: I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THIS IS??????? - 4/21/2006 9:56:37 PM    welddigger   Posts: 572 Joined: 4/24/2004 From: Hereford,PA. Status: offline HERES THE PICS Attachment (1) (in reply to welddigger) Post #: 2

RE: I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THIS IS??????? - 4/21/2006 9:57:45 PM    welddigger   Posts: 572 Joined: 4/24/2004 From: Hereford,PA. Status: offline BOTTOM EMBOSSING Attachment (1) (in reply to welddigger) Post #: 3

RE: I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THIS IS??????? - 4/21/2006 10:28:47 PM    capsoda Posts: 8082 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline It a head light lens from some type of vehicle before sealed beams. Probably 1900 to early 1920s. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to welddigger) Post #: 4

RE: I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THIS IS??????? - 4/22/2006 8:45:17 AM    cowseatmaize Posts: 2135 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Metro West, MA Status: offline quote: MACBETH-EVANS I agree but it may have had other uses. Some history, http://www.thelampworks.com/lw_companies_macbeth.htm http://users.rcn.com/sweetb.javanet/history.html _____________________________ My 10¢ worth (inflation) Eric If you love what your doing it might be illegal, so watch your back. (in reply to welddigger) Post #: 5

RE: I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THIS IS??????? - 4/24/2006 6:33:18 PM    aussiebottlo   Posts: 48 Joined: 11/26/2005 From: NW Victoria Australia Status: offline Its a headlight lens, Ford used them on T models very hard to get original ones. John (in reply to welddigger) Post #: 6

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