Question about Delta Silveray lenses

[Livmojoe]

Hey Cabers,
I tried searching, yet came up empty. I have a couple Delta Silveray fender lights and noticed one simply says "DELTA" in a large font embossed (actually raised letters with the "L" being stretched the tallest) across the top of the lens, and the other has the word "SILVERAY" in smaller font kind of curved along the top portion of the lens. Is there any rhyme or reason to the change in Mfg name or product name and font with regards to a date?... meaning is one older or was used during certain years, where perhaps the other style lens was used in later years?

Thanks in advance

 

[JAF/CO]

Do you have pics


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[Livmojoe]

Thanks Jim for the help. Here's four pictures of Delta Silveray lenses. Style #2 and #3 are the ones I have, although it seems there's a couple other styles with various Delta logos or text placements. Pictures #1 and #4 I grabbed from other CABE posts. Style #1 is simple basic font (looks later to me), Style #2 is with just the Delta mfg logo but stylized a bit, Style #3 is with the Silveray product name logo at the top, and then Style #4 seems to be a combo of Style #2 and #3 with both the mfg name and product name.
Is there any chronological order to the various lens styles? Certain years when one or the other was used? Thanks in advance.

Style #1

Style #2

Style #3

Style #4

 

[JAF/CO]

Silver ray glass lens is early and then came the delta plastic lens I think they changed about 1936



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[Livmojoe]

I can’t vouch for the lens material in pics #1 and #4, yet the two Silverays I have (#2 and #3) have glass lenses, not plastic.
Of the two I have, do you know if one font or logo style is older than the other?

 

[JAF/CO]

No help on that I have never seen the one with raised letters in glass


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[Autocycleplane]

Dang, I’ve only seen 2 of these variations before. Cool, thanks for sharing.

 

[Krakatoa]

Definitely cool post!

 

[Rust_Trader]

Thanks Jim for the help. Here's four pictures of Delta Silveray lenses. Style #2 and #3 are the ones I have, although it seems there's a couple other styles with various Delta logos or text placements. Pictures #1 and #4 I grabbed from other CABE posts. Style #1 is simple basic font (looks later to me), Style #2 is with just the Delta mfg logo but stylized a bit, Style #3 is with the Silveray product name logo at the top, and then Style #4 seems to be a combo of Style #2 and #3 with both the mfg name and product name.
Is there any chronological order to the various lens styles? Certain years when one or the other was used? Thanks in advance.

Style #1
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Style #2
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Style #3
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Style #4
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What’s the difference between 2 and 4?

 

[Autocycleplane]

What’s the difference between 2 and 4?

Yeah they seem the same to me too- now that I look closely I can see the silveray script on the bottom of 2