Is this a Kel lite 1st gen?
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It is the first gen but it is the later Barstow version.
The second gen has a metal switch.
Above: two first gen. 2D, left is Covina, right is Barstow.
Above: left is a second gen, right is a first gen.
The second gen has a metal switch.
Above: two first gen. 2D, left is Covina, right is Barstow.
Above: left is a second gen, right is a first gen.
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Above: left is a second gen, right is a first gen.
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More information: https://kellite.com/
The bulb holding tailcap was an option on second gen Kel-Lites, but may have been installed on a new old stock first gen.
The one in question is a late model big head 1st generation light. And the tailcap may have been made by Tony Maglica who made some of the tailcaps whenever Kel-Lite needed him to make some due to more demand than Kel-Lite could handle. First gen were made up to 1974 even though the second gen began in '73.
The tailcap with the Kel-Lite logo is pretty rare. Good score!
Tony Maglica had a machine shop for making brass shells for the US Navy back then. He and Don Keller colaborated on a number of things including prior to Maglite. Don worked for Tony twice. They conceived the first krypton flashlight bulbs.
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The one in question is a late model big head 1st generation light. And the tailcap may have been made by Tony Maglica who made some of the tailcaps whenever Kel-Lite needed him to make some due to more demand than Kel-Lite could handle. First gen were made up to 1974 even though the second gen began in '73.
The tailcap with the Kel-Lite logo is pretty rare. Good score!
Tony Maglica had a machine shop for making brass shells for the US Navy back then. He and Don Keller colaborated on a number of things including prior to Maglite. Don worked for Tony twice. They conceived the first krypton flashlight bulbs.
Welcome to CPF.
