anyone has a idea from what motorcycle this one came.
it looks the same as the ones mounted under the saddle.
but I don't recognize the little bracket on there.
it has the Bakelite cover on the back and some leftover rubbery
wire like the one used on motorcycles.

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Shure looks like triumph 3hw but with the bracket bent a bit, look at triumph3hw.com he has wat looks like an original late 3hw with the switch under the seat

Is it for sale?

Jan-willem

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that looks the same, even the blank headlight cover is present!
If late war triumphs had those switches under the saddle spring.
than where would the toolbox be located
On the other side the fieldstand is in its way

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Marnic. Will the switch bracket fit under the right side saddle spring between the upright post and bottom of spring. I think the Swedish guy has his in the wrong place as it's supposed to be under the saddle. The switch is also different to a normal WD 4 position switch, with a 'TEST' mode. Here are the instructions for a Matchless. Ron

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I have a spare blanked out headlamp switch panel with the change over switch fitted if you haven't got one.

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Ron like this you mean.
I think seen headlight covers that are complete blanks without the push button.
what was the use of those?
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Yes something like that Marnic. I've also seen switch panels with no piercings at all. I'm a bit unclear as to what it was all about Was it simply to save the cost of an ammeter? Why did it have to go under the saddle? and therefore manufacture another bracket! Ron

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I read somewhere that the biggest cause of loom problems was the section round the headstock and moving the switch closer to the cvc was intended to improve reliability. It probably saved on rubber-covered cable too.

Rob Miller and I were talking about the non-pierced headlamp panels and he wondered if they were supplied to allow the use of replacement standard WD headlamps on panel-tank machines. During the early part of the war, there were quite a lot in use. It sounds a reasonable theory to me.

That's a good theory Rik, but just to throw a spanner in the works I have a NOS example in the wrapping finished in SCC No.2 brown.........1942 onward at the earliest....

Hi Steve

You don't think there would still be any panel tank Matchless's or Velo's still in service in 1942?

Rob

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Hi Rob, definitely many still in service during 1942, although many earlier panel-tank models were upgraded during workshop rebuilds to standard specification (not all however).........

Box (packing) on my NOS example is dated April 1944 plus has the remains of the label still attached........

Hi Rob, definitely many still in service during 1942, although many earlier panel-tank models were upgraded during workshop rebuilds to standard specification (not all however).........

Box (packing) on my NOS example is dated April 1944 plus has the remains of the label still attached........

I remember a few years ago now that a load of ex-WD headlamps (6") came on the market complete with this blank panel and blackout mask........"Dean the Bean" had them for sale and they had all come from India.........

Hi Steve

Does it have a part number on the box?

Rob

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SCC No.2 still in use during April 1944 ? There really can have been very little olive drab British and Commonwealth-built M.T. in Normandy.

The historical perception has been altered by the number of restored vehicles in OD.

Hi,

I am not able to help you with your question but look at the picture in this link:

http://www.wdbsa.nl/Lucas/lateswitch01.jpg

The switch is a different type. The one on your picture looks like a headlight switch.

regards,

ramon

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Remains of label only Rik.......part number bit missing but still visible is "Panel" and then that's about it.......date is a purple ink-stamp on the box..........

Fully agree re: SCC No.2 brown.........official accounts list the replacement olive -drab coming into use from April '44 onward although stocks of the older colour were required to be used-up first, which would have included already-finished components...........anything built post-April 1944 would likely have still been in brown and it is unlikely that anything in the new colour saw service on D-Day......it was possibly August/September 44 before anything finished in the new colour arrived in-theatre following delivery from factories and then distribution from Ordnance depots, etc.............