Can anyone tell me what really got my interest?


http://www.ebay.com/itm/261180410420?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

The old Mazda lamp inside. That is a great score.

Yes!  and I was shocked to be the only bidder! But not just any Mazda, but an early one !

Post photos please.

is that a T5? these typically had vertical etches in the ol mazda days, even up to 1945 but still a great find!

I won't know until I get it what size lamp it is.  


There are 2 more of these fixtures on eBay, but no Mazda bulbs......    but it looks like these are T8 lamps. I hope so for mine. 


Bulb will not be used.....   

Yep, I know exactly why you got it

That bulb is a side etcher , I`ve seen alot of brass capped mazda`s in the bedlamp fluorescents  but never one with a side etcher , Congratulations, Nice score !!!!




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Can anyone tell me what really got my interest?


http://www.ebay.com/itm/261180410420?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649



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good eye!
btw a friend has 4' 4 tube fixtures from an old factory with that logo.
made during and after WWII.they were called bombers.
i an getting one n.i.b next time i go to chicago.

Nice find! Here's a catalog page showing some of those "Bomber" fixtures from the same company in use and if you follow the links, the full PDF catalogue. Also there's quite a lot of old fluorescent and lighting fixture catalogues on the Internet Archive site where the Bomber catalogue came from.

Well it is an 8 watt white.  Gentle end banding on one end, and some very light tan on one end. Very little use. Written on the the box was bad bulb. No, but both sockets are "bad".... the bulb barely makes good contact.  A design flaw is the opening is NOT large enough for the lamp and you have a little room to position the bulb out of the socket to the end of the fixture and there is BARELY enough clearance to get it out. I also had to use Deoxit on the switch. 

Underline on the MA and a overline on the final A .   Getting ready to upload a close up now.

WOW!!!  I would LOVE LOVE to get a Mazda T5 lamp!!

Me too Dave especially a 12" one. Hope you saw my pm/email last month mate.