Vehicle light with fastener arrangement

A vehicle light comprising:

• a housing formed of lightweight tubular material having the rear end cut at an angle to its axis and having the front end upset to form an inwardly projecting rim;
• a mounting strip having a pair of holes formed therein adjacent the respective ends of said strip and having flange means projecting upwardly from each end of said strip, one of said flange means being generally L-shaped and having one leg extending parallel to said housing and the other leg connecting said one leg with said mounting strip, the other of said flange means extending parallel to said housing and engageable with the forward portion of said housing to retain said housing ;
• a lamp socket having a rearwardly projecting mounting tab projecting at an angle such as to cause the axis of said socket to coincide with the axis of said housing and having a hole formed in said mounting tab and having a wire for connecting said lamp socket to an energizing source;
• first fastener means extending through said hole in said mounting tab and through the hole in said mounting strip adjacent said L-shaped flange to secure said socket to said mounting strip and to secure said mounting strip to a vehicle;
• second fastener means extending through the other hole in said mounting strip to secure said strip to a vehicle;
• a lamp bulb mounted in said socket;
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• a spherical lens having an outwardly projecting peripheral flange engageable with the rim of said housing ahead of said dimples and by the end of said other flange of said mounting strip to retain said lens in position;
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• third fastener means securing said housing to said one flange of said mounting strip.