Thread: NIB whelen 994, NYC DOT. Special order 1990/91.

Yeah... the pics tell the story really....

Nice light John, I wondered who grabbed that one.

Originally Posted by Hoser

Nice light John, I wondered who grabbed that one.

Yeah.... came to just under $200 shipped... which is maybe a bit high... but NIB.... so..yeah.... Anyway, I may sell a used 994 to clear it a spot.

Oh, I like that one!
I also like the Amber.

Originally Posted by dmathieu

Oh, I like that one!
I also like the Amber.

It's my favorite shade of whelen amber... there were many.... leaning towards the yellower side of amber, but not so light it looks clear.

Seller has a 992 NIB listed now.

Originally Posted by Hoser

Seller has a 992 NIB listed now.

Yeah, I think I may have sold that to him.... not sure. Not NIB though. Definatly too expensive.

That's Sharp!! Two of them would look great on a crossbar!

Originally Posted by JohnMarcson

Yeah, I think I may have sold that to him.... not sure. Not NIB though. Definatly too expensive.

You got the best of the two for sure. It is listed as New starting at $100 wow Must be packing it in a steel box $30 shipping....

Whelen 992 Commander Warning Light | eBay

Do you know what made it a special order for NYC?

Wow....excellent beacon. Congrats!

very nice

Originally Posted by NPS Ranger

Do you know what made it a special order for NYC?

Looks like a standard Model 994.

One man's treasure for sure!!

Originally Posted by NPS Ranger

Do you know what made it a special order for NYC?

Originally Posted by dmathieu

Looks like a standard Model 994.

All 994s were special order in 1990 and 1991. This is an example of the label style and bulb holder style that was used the last production year(s). These were kept as a special order only item to fulfill contracts that required sealed beam rotators. They were dropped as a regular product in 1989, but you could order them up until 1992 depending on order size. In 1992/93 the RB6S replaced it as whelen's sealed beam rotator. The RB6 was then dropped in 2000, which was whelen's last rotating sealed beam light. Since then the RB6D has been what whelen refers people to instead.

Originally Posted by Hoser

You got the best of the two for sure. It is listed as New starting at $100 wow Must be packing it in a steel box $30 shipping....

Whelen 992 Commander Warning Light | eBay

I just looked, try $38 shipping??

Nice light John, I love the shade of Amber! just beautiful.

Originally Posted by JohnMarcson

All 994s were special order in 1990 and 1991. This is an example of the label style and bulb holder style that was used the last production year(s). These were kept as a special order only item to fulfill contracts that required sealed beam rotators. They were dropped as a regular product in 1989, but you could order them up until 1992 depending on order size. In 1992/93 the RB6S replaced it as whelen's sealed beam rotator. The RB6 was then dropped in 2000, which was whelen's last rotating sealed beam light. Since then the RB6D has been what whelen refers people to instead.

John, excellent info as usual.
Thanks Todd

Nice Beacon

Very nice, John. I don't remember the model number, but I'd bet that you do. When Lubbock EMS first started c.1975, their first Type I ambulances had big blue Commander strobes bar-mounted over the cab, with the big PAR-46 red single-faced Whelen strobes on the bumper, along with a pair of chrome Whelen speakers powered by a Federal PA200. The interesting thing about this setup was that with the big blue strobe beacons over the cab, it technically didn't meet Texas specs at the time which have always required red in the primary position. But they got by with it because of the two big red tunnel lights built into the front of the "box". Go figure!

Originally Posted by Skip Goulet

Very nice, John. I don't remember the model number, but I'd bet that you do. When Lubbock EMS first started c.1975, their first Type I ambulances had big blue Commander strobes bar-mounted over the cab, with the big PAR-46 red single-faced Whelen strobes on the bumper, along with a pair of chrome Whelen speakers powered by a Federal PA200. The interesting thing about this setup was that with the big blue strobe beacons over the cab, it technically didn't meet Texas specs at the time which have always required red in the primary position. But they got by with it because of the two big red tunnel lights built into the front of the "box". Go figure!

John would definately be the man on this one. Any old catalogs I've seen never showed a model number for pairs of either the older "5000 Strobe Commander" or "5200 Strobe Commander" on a CB-1010 crossbar.

I do know with the halogen rotating version, if they were a pair of the 2 bulb Commanders on a CB-1010 cross-bar, it was a "Model Twin 992", a pair of the four bulb Commanders on a CB-1010 crossbar was "Model Twin 994".