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Valuable emergency trouble light -- I believe it plugs in under the dash gauges on the LH side on your models.

 

There’s a socket with a light inside under the dash on the left side where the emergency light plugs into.
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These emergency lights came in a 5x7" vinyl pouch with a snap.

 

Light inside the socket???

 

what's this you say... its a VERY rare and VERY expensive light and if also happen to have the small vinyl pouch for it which its more rare together! I have seen these light with pouches go as high of three/four hundred bucks! Don't loose or drop it!

 

Yes! Pic above is not my car but yesterday at a car show, I looked at an 84 QV and saw the socket with the light inside turned on, now does it suppose to have light? I suppose it does so it would be easy to see in case of emergency but I’m not 100% sure.

 

I think someone just added the light in there. How can the socket work like that?

 

My 84 QV has the socket for the emergency light in that location, but no light in the socket.

 

Ditto. I have a socket, but the socket itself has no illumination (nor a bulb housing, from what i recall).

 

I'm with Doc. I have a '78 and didn't know what the socket was for. I tried jamming a bulb in it to no avail. I do have the trouble light, it's some sort of European generic socket size, but not a light bulb.

 

It is a so-called Hellas DIN power outlet socket. Pretty standard in Europe and still used in Maritime applications. The light feature discussed above is home made. The Hellas plug can still be bought for around 6$. I just bought this fancy thing for power supply to my Iphone and Saphe traffic control unit:

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That’s pretty cool Peter, can I order one of that fancy power supply for my iPhone also?

 

is that the same on a 328 also hellas din socket??

 

Similar products are readily available in countless options on fleabay and many other places. Search using ''Hella DIN Plug''.

Best, Peter

 

Same light hence same socket according to the add shown below. Take good care of the light, it's expensive.

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I've got in the bottom of the boot somewhere, never even tried it in 10 years, just sits in the pouch, ill try and see if it works