Hey guys, it seems like until Mag came out with the newer style, thinner gauge, lights with a letter in the serial that there was almost no color variations. I have one red non-letter serial Mag and I've only ever seen other red ones and heard about there possibly being blue. Does anyone know about this or has anyone seen any colors in the non-letter serial lights? Thanks guys!!
Edit: I do know that the vari-beams were blue and silver and black and silver but I'm specifically referring D and C Maglites.
Edit 2: Mag also had a Camo edition that was painted on the non-letter serials in the mid 80s around Serial 1,700,000. I have one incoming so I'll post some pics. The finish is paint so it is not very durable and I've never seen one other than this so I'm guessing it is the arrest and only done in a limited run.
Edit 3: Can confirm blue also, same color as the Vari-Beam but all blue instead of blue and silver. It seems like until the mid 80s Mag actually did have some color variation but then standardized at all black. I haven't seen any other colors but another collector told me gold and silver were also possible.
Edit 4: Please see post 8 for more info on literature that was included in the old Maglite packages. I can also confirm silver and blue. I have a blue early 80s light and another collector sent me a picture of an early 80s Silver 6D. He also told me he thought there was an older style gold/bronze color he may have seen years back.
Edit 5: I can confirm Gold now too. It looks like it was done on the R bezel late 80s lights. I have one incoming so I'll post some pics to the Rare Maglites thread. From what I can gather it looks like it's the same deal as the Camo run Mag did in the early days, just something to throw at the wall and see if it stuck because they're not listed on any of the packages and they very rarely if ever come up for sale.
I think that about rounds out this list. If anyone has any rumored colors def gimme a shout or post here, I'd love to investigate them.
Confirmed Colors (Most common to least)
Black
Red
Blue
Silver
Gold
Camo (Painted, not anodized)
Unconfirmed Colors
None currently
Edit: I do know that the vari-beams were blue and silver and black and silver but I'm specifically referring D and C Maglites.
Edit 2: Mag also had a Camo edition that was painted on the non-letter serials in the mid 80s around Serial 1,700,000. I have one incoming so I'll post some pics. The finish is paint so it is not very durable and I've never seen one other than this so I'm guessing it is the arrest and only done in a limited run.
Edit 3: Can confirm blue also, same color as the Vari-Beam but all blue instead of blue and silver. It seems like until the mid 80s Mag actually did have some color variation but then standardized at all black. I haven't seen any other colors but another collector told me gold and silver were also possible.
Edit 4: Please see post 8 for more info on literature that was included in the old Maglite packages. I can also confirm silver and blue. I have a blue early 80s light and another collector sent me a picture of an early 80s Silver 6D. He also told me he thought there was an older style gold/bronze color he may have seen years back.
Edit 5: I can confirm Gold now too. It looks like it was done on the R bezel late 80s lights. I have one incoming so I'll post some pics to the Rare Maglites thread. From what I can gather it looks like it's the same deal as the Camo run Mag did in the early days, just something to throw at the wall and see if it stuck because they're not listed on any of the packages and they very rarely if ever come up for sale.
I think that about rounds out this list. If anyone has any rumored colors def gimme a shout or post here, I'd love to investigate them.
Confirmed Colors (Most common to least)
Black
Red
Blue
Silver
Gold
Camo (Painted, not anodized)
Unconfirmed Colors
None currently
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