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Post top Acorn lantern falls onto Toyota Sienna in New Jersey, USA « on: December 05, 2022, 10:22:34 PM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
Can anyone identify the acorn lantern that fell on top of the Toyota Sienna featured in this video?:

https://youtu.be/BzZitICHXc4

It looks like it runs high pressure sodium lamps based on a partially visible barium getter seen through the acorn diffuser. When looking at the thumbnail of this video, it made me laugh as I thought that it was strange seeing a street lantern in a place where it should not be.
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Re: Post top Acorn lantern falls onto Toyota Sienna in New Jersey, USA « Reply #1 on: December 05, 2022, 10:38:08 PM » Author: LightsoftheWest
It's a GE Americana AM8X.
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Re: Post top Acorn lantern falls onto Toyota Sienna in New Jersey, USA « Reply #2 on: December 06, 2022, 02:05:29 PM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
I wonder how this lantern landed upright when it fell.
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Re: Post top Acorn lantern falls onto Toyota Sienna in New Jersey, USA « Reply #3 on: December 06, 2022, 03:00:51 PM » Author: Econolite03
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Re: Post top Acorn lantern falls onto Toyota Sienna in New Jersey, USA « Reply #4 on: December 06, 2022, 09:51:38 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
 I'd guess it was loose to begin with and since the ballast is on the bottom , the fixture landed upright or nearly so when it went thru the window due to it being bottom heavy .
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Re: Post top Acorn lantern falls onto Toyota Sienna in New Jersey, USA « Reply #5 on: March 26, 2023, 06:45:28 PM » Author: RyanF40T12
One less ugly Crapota Sienna :P
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Re: Post top Acorn lantern falls onto Toyota Sienna in New Jersey, USA « Reply #6 on: March 27, 2023, 02:59:53 AM » Author: dor123
The Acorn is at the top of the pole and the pole is right. How it can fall and land such on the car?
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Re: Post top Acorn lantern falls onto Toyota Sienna in New Jersey, USA « Reply #7 on: March 27, 2023, 05:50:58 AM » Author: RyanF40T12
That car was likely moved after the fact.  I've worked on a few of these acorn fixtures, and they can be top heavy if it disconnects where the ballast is connected (right below the plastic acorn) it will fall straight down. 
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