Thomas1234
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Holy crap! That's frickin' amazing! That thing looks better than new now!The good old & new comparison:
A lot of polish, wax, buffing and (wet) sanding, using exactly the same parts.
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No!Nice!! The Dietz bar (identical the the Yankee--I think Dietz preceded Yankee) had options of two rotators per pod/side.
Yankee Metal Products Corporation.on top of the amber lenses it states YMPC. Does that mean anything specific?
I acknowledge my understanding of which preceded what is limited especially in regard to mid 70s non FedSig (up to 75, JCPD ran a 174 on the roof with a Q2B on the pass side hood). I have tried to find some history of the Dietz/Yankee timeline with little success, and I am eager to help nail it down! That LTD cruiser in the photo was produced from 75-78...perhaps that helps. I know that NAPA sold many non-FedSig lights with their badging, including this bar (I used to drool over that section of the part catalog in the shop of my dad's business...I was 15 at the time).No!
Yankee was the original manufacturer and Dietz started to sell the bar under their name when Dietz cancelled the production of the Omni-Chief. Later Dietz bought Yankee and when Federal Mogul bought Dietz the bar become Signal-Stat.
By the way, NAPA has never been a manufacturer of this bar as some persons claim here, only a distributor.
Michael
No, I mean the 911 roof bar.Regarding SignalStat, if you are referring to the DualComm (ala NYPD), it is a completely different bar only resembling the 911. but these companies merged and bellied up so fast, it was hard to keep up.
Ed
I have not been able to pinpoint this myself yet, even that I have followed Dietz from when I bought my first Dietz 240-1 in 1974 and got the first catalog dated 1966 until Federal Mogul bought them in 1990.I have tried to find some history of the Dietz/Yankee timeline with little success, and I am eager to help nail it down!
Ed
Wow that looks amazing! Great job! I might have to send you my bar for a good polish too. lol!The good old & new comparison:
A lot of polish, wax, buffing and (wet) sanding, using exactly the same parts.
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No!
Yankee was the original manufacturer and Dietz started to sell the bar under their name when Dietz cancelled the production of the Omni-Chief. Later Dietz bought Yankee and when Federal Mogul bought Dietz the bar become Signal-Stat.
By the way, NAPA has never been a manufacturer of this bar as some persons claim here, only a distributor.
Michael
I still have my NAPA bar
I like it...good job. I believe in doing stuff like this. Make something to hold you over till you can find the real deal.
I will say, No.Is this also a Dietz?
I am not so sure that this car is a real Boston PD vehicle.Used on a cop car in Boston.