Yankee? Arrow? Petersen?

[kerry4951]

Ive seen this exact light badged with all 3 companies. Can someone tell me who actually made it?

 

[dmathieu]

North American Signal Co.

 

[kerry4951]

Thanks Dan That means atleast 4 versions I guess.

 

[dmathieu]

There are many more rebadged names for this light also.

 

[Mort]

Ive seen this exact light badged with all 3 companies. Can someone tell me who actually made it?View attachment 157337

Yankee metal products made there own. No one made there's for them. Yankee was bought by the RE Dietz company. Dietz closed March 1, 1990.

 

[Skulldigger]

I have the Peterson 756, also a NAS rebrand.

 

[kerry4951]

Yankee metal products made there own. No one made there's for them. Yankee was bought by the RE Dietz company. Dietz closed March 1, 1990.

The one in the pic is the one that I just bought and it is a Yankee.

 

[kerry4951]

The dome on the Yankee looks a little different then the dome on the Petersen

 

[dmathieu]

Kerry, I believe it is N.A.S. as are the others. The Peterson that Skulldigger has is also, but an older version with subtle differences to the lens cage, and lenses.

 

[dmathieu]

N.A.S. still markets this same light.

 

[Skulldigger]

The Peterson doesn't have the holes beside the lens, they have a retaining spring on the inside. There is no identification on the lens as to who made it or size.

 

[dmathieu]

As previously stated, yours is an older version. The newer had subtle changes to the lens cage, as you described. Yours may also be old enough to have glass lenses instead of plastic. Still N.A.S.

 

[894]

Dan is absolutely correct and Dietz never made this version, even if they purchased Yankee, which I'm not completely sure about, either...

 

[Mort]

Dan is absolutely correct and Dietz never made this version, even if they purchased Yankee, which I'm not completely sure about, either...

Well I worked at Yankee from 1968 to 1983 when Dietz bought them out and moved them to Syracuse, NY Dietz closed due to a 3 year strike by the union on March 1, 1990

 

[894]

Huh.

So where did all the old parts, tooling and molds go?

 

[Mort]

Huh.

So where did all the old parts, tooling and molds go?

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=when+did+RE+Dietz+purchased+Yankee+Metal+Products

Here is the link to the story in the Norwalk, CT paper.

Most of the tooling Dietz stupidly left behind, they didn't take much of it. We were all very upset because Yankee had some product Dietz didn't have. I was one of two sales people that got hired on at Dietz. I was the national sales Manager of the NAPA division from 86-90 when Dietz closed

 

[Skulldigger]

Has anyone ever seen a Yankee tag like this one? It's like dabbs of paint.

 

[Mort]

Has anyone ever seen a Yankee tag like this one? It's like dabbs of paint.

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Yes that was an early label. It was one of the dolor st branding they did. Dietz used the name for a couple years to get the benefit of the brand.

 

[Mort]

Yes that was an early label. It was one of the dolor st branding they did. Dietz used the name for a couple years to get the benefit of the brand.

I think I have a couple lights that have that on them.

 

[dmathieu]

I hate to say it, but that label looks hand done by somebody trying to remark a worn off label. Just my opinion, but.....