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Old 9th December 2012, 23:17
44todd 44todd is offline  
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I need help identifying this...

Hi All..
I recently bought some early auto parts from a guy and this was in the box
It looks like it would mount to a 1" vertical tube, It has a spring release on the latch that holds the arm up,the arm drops to 90 degrees,and there is a thumb tab to raise the arm back up.
All I can guess is its a vintage school bus stop signal??
ANYONE have any ideas???? Todd
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Old 9th December 2012, 23:23
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It looks like a cross between a pendulum and a ball cock! No idea!.

A very warm welcome from the usually sunny Isle of Anglesey by the way, 44Tod.
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Old 9th December 2012, 23:32
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All I can guess is it's a vintage school bus stop signal.
Seems likely, but, as we don't have such things in the UK (we have school buses, but not the stop rule) I can't confirm your suggestion.
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Old 29th May 2013, 13:51
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My guess is that it's some sort of "Do not Pass/Overtake" Weather it's for use when the vehicle is on the move or not is anybody's guess. Operated by the driver I imagine. Perhaps depending on the load.

This might give some clue that's worth following up.......

http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/lawrencef.html

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