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MG TD TF 1500 - Lucas SFT 576 / SLR 576 ?

Always wondered about this......
"Lucas SFT 576 and the other a SLR 576".......
Is it correct that "SFT" was "fog" & "SLR" was "driving"?
S=? F=fog? T=?
S=? L=long? R=range?
Am I close here?
Anybody out there that can fill in the blanks?
I had added this to the "re-chrome" thread...but should
have started a new one instead.
Thanks,
David
David

Even more questions:
I have four of these lamps (with clear lens)...(3 SFT /1 SLR) All four lens are marked "M5 Made in England" across the bottom but each has a different letter near the top left side "G N W R" Only the R says
"LUCAS" on the lens...(this one is in the "SLR" lamp.
I have two of these listed on ebay and am getting a lot of questions about them. Anybody know of a website that explains all of this? I don't want to misslead anybody...but I bought these from others and seems to me there is a good chance that over the last 50 years lens could have been "swapped" or replaced. Lord knows I have purchased enough items that were not "right" over the years from ebay! (I have a beautiful valve cover purchased for "MGTD mgtf" that would look great if I were to grind the tops off my valve adjustments, take a tourch to the engine block to shorten it and move the mounting studs!...or I guess I could buy a "B" and/or an "A" and put on one of those 'cause it sure doesn't fit on a TF1500!)
Cheers,
David 55 TF1500
Me again!

There are usually a dozen or so SLR and SFT lamps at every autojumble I go to. Many are complete and some have good chrome. What I never see though are ones with a decent thread on the mounting bolt. The same applies to headlamps - why are the bolts and nuts made from steel and not good old non corroding brass.

I have turned a set up from stainless steel for my headlamps but didn't have a fine thread tap / die (couldn't be bothered setting the gears on my lathe) and hope that a fine metric will be OK. Anyone got comments on this


Jan T
Jan Targosz

Took some rummaging through my old mags to find this.
SFT 576
S stands for spigot fixing, found on chrome lamps.
FT indicates flat topped beam, which I would guess equates to fog lamp.
576 indicates a 5.76in reflector.
SLR
S equals spigot fixing again.
LR indicates long range.
CFT or CLR indicates it was designed for a commercial vehicle, and originally had a black body.
Henry Buckeldee

All this talk about spotlights make me ask this question. Does anybody have an extra clip and screw to hold the lens and reflector in place for the SFT-576.
Sandy Sanders
Hudson Florida
conrad sanders

Sandy, see pages 110 and 111 in the Moss catalog, items 88 and 89 for the clip and screw. They advertise these as "quality reproductions". I have two original bodies and have been looking at the "light units". The chrome bases on the stems of my units are cracked so I am trying to decide what to do about them also.
Dennis
D F Sexton

Henry,
Thanks much ...hey I got "1" right!
My confidence is high now that at least 1 brain cell lived through the "60's" as well as the "great paint strip of 2001" ! ;-)!
Cheers,
David
David

I have a "Lucas Ranger" (nice script letters in the glass lens cover) and it's clearly numbered 5LR. Arabic numeral '5', not the letter 'S'. There is also a marking 'M5' on the lens. It has a nice upright bulb with a nice cover/reflector arrangement. Apparently, it may not be period appropriate, but it is quite attractive on the car. I'll definitely reinstall it when I get the car back together. (This fall, I hope.)

The car only had one of these on the light bar when I dissassembled it, so I'm looking for another, and possibly I will get a shorter range model and use the two position switch to turn on one or both of them. The light did have a stone guard, but the mounting system for the stone guard was crap, so I don't think I'm going to replace it.

Anyway, I bid on David's lights, but apparently the reserve is too rich for my blood, especially since I only need one light. Good luck with them.
Mark B.

According to my mag again!
The 5 denotes model number 5, being the Ranger and Fog Ranger models, ie 5FT and 5LR. A W somewhere in there, say 5WLR, denotes that it has rear fixing to attach to a wing.
Henry Buckeldee

Thanks, Henry. That's good to know.
Mark Barrington

This thread was discussed between 05/02/2003 and 09/02/2003

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