I recently found in my old man's garage a black and yellow cardboard box
from Ford containing a "traffic lamp reflector". It's a kind of glass lens
in a metal frame, about 5 by 8 centimeters, somewhat similar to a magnifying
glass, but it actually downsizes what you see.

Any idea what it is?

Thanks

Yves

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:35:55 +0200, "Yves"
<tychonREMOVETHEOBVIOUS (AT) pt (DOT) lu> wrote:

Most likely a US relic of the 50s, it gets mounted on the dash and
reflects the colour of the traffic lights that were being strung on
wires across intersections instead of on poles at the side of the
road. The idea is that if you're at the head of the line, you don't
have to lean forward and peer up at the light to see what it's doing.

If it's new and still in a good box, it might be worth $50 or so in
the US. No idea what it might fetch in the YooKay, out of touch with
things there, I'm afraid.