ex416
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I recently bought these beautiful Beacon Ray 176s from member Hyperjohnny. They make very nice additions to my Beacon Ray collection.
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Beacon Ray 176s
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jradue
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ex416 said:
Me too! Very nice 176 from him today. It is best to meet him in person. A nice fella.
Gentlemen,
I would like to thank both of you for your business and your kind words. In addition, to the others, who may not have the patience and understanding the two of you possess. You fellas waited a while to get your stuff, too, if I remember correctly! To me, delivery in-person is always better. I guess i'm a little old-fashioned that way. Business w/ a handshake and a face w/ the name (or nickname as the case may be) is the way I've always done things.
It makes me feel good seeing this equipment go to good homes where it will be restored/saved and appreciated. Doing this as long as I have, I've seen this equipment get tossed, crushed, thrown in back rooms, stepped-on, tossed into dumpsters because it made the trucks/cars look old, be complained about because of the amperage draws and on and on... These, as you all know, were made back when things were made to last and to be serviced. They will outlast all of us! Guaranteed, once we are all dead and buried, these "pieces of history" and all the others are so well made, we couldn't wear them out in any of our displays or showcases in our or our children's lifetime! They really represent a by-gone era in their own way. Who, as a kid, didn't run out to the curb upon hearing a siren coming down the street to see some big red truck or some fast moving squad car roll past in all it's glory, (if you're old enough) with one of these spinning away! At night you could spot them miles away, even with those old low-wattage sealed-beams!
I guess nostalgia is big right now and this is your guy's way of preserving a piece of that. I'm glad I can help by providing that little piece that's small enough to be set on a shelf or put behind one's bar in their basement. I too, have a few of these "rememberances". It's more of a reminder of what I used to deal with more than the nostalgia aspect but it doesn't mean I don't appreciate them any less. I'll keep plugging along on my end, you guys keep enjoying!
A sincere THANK YOU to all my clients (friends) here on ELB and in the field!
-hyperjohnny
I would like to thank both of you for your business and your kind words. In addition, to the others, who may not have the patience and understanding the two of you possess. You fellas waited a while to get your stuff, too, if I remember correctly! To me, delivery in-person is always better. I guess i'm a little old-fashioned that way. Business w/ a handshake and a face w/ the name (or nickname as the case may be) is the way I've always done things.
It makes me feel good seeing this equipment go to good homes where it will be restored/saved and appreciated. Doing this as long as I have, I've seen this equipment get tossed, crushed, thrown in back rooms, stepped-on, tossed into dumpsters because it made the trucks/cars look old, be complained about because of the amperage draws and on and on... These, as you all know, were made back when things were made to last and to be serviced. They will outlast all of us! Guaranteed, once we are all dead and buried, these "pieces of history" and all the others are so well made, we couldn't wear them out in any of our displays or showcases in our or our children's lifetime! They really represent a by-gone era in their own way. Who, as a kid, didn't run out to the curb upon hearing a siren coming down the street to see some big red truck or some fast moving squad car roll past in all it's glory, (if you're old enough) with one of these spinning away! At night you could spot them miles away, even with those old low-wattage sealed-beams!
I guess nostalgia is big right now and this is your guy's way of preserving a piece of that. I'm glad I can help by providing that little piece that's small enough to be set on a shelf or put behind one's bar in their basement. I too, have a few of these "rememberances". It's more of a reminder of what I used to deal with more than the nostalgia aspect but it doesn't mean I don't appreciate them any less. I'll keep plugging along on my end, you guys keep enjoying!
A sincere THANK YOU to all my clients (friends) here on ELB and in the field!
-hyperjohnny
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toon80
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Veeery nice beacons indeed! :thumbsup:
Instruct me here: are these the 17s that rotates or oscillates?
Instruct me here: are these the 17s that rotates or oscillates?
Super nice lights. Johnny, did you do the restoration yourself? Nice job, either way. Too bad you're so damned far from Texas!
ex416
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Skip Goulet said:
he (John) told me other than putting on the NOS clear domes that was the way they came off the truck. the only thing i did was a little polishing and buffing. it sure didn't take a lot of effort to get them into that shape.
DISCOMC
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toon80
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Skip Goulet said:
Thanks for the info Skip! I was asking because where I am now, the internet sucks and I can't load any form of video
jradue
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ex416 said:
The one I got from John had what appeared to be a NOS plastic dome. I replaced it with a near mint glass dome I won on Ebay. That is the one in the video I posted.
DalmatProd
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Excellent lights! You can easily tell how much care Hyperjohnny put into them. They look as good today as they probably did coming out of the boxes.
Enjoy them is good health and prosperity.
Steve
DalmatProd
Enjoy them is good health and prosperity.
Steve
DalmatProd
toon80 said:Thanks for the info Skip! I was asking because where I am now, the internet sucks and I can't load any form of video
I know the feeling. If I use the computer at the library as I am now, I can view almost anything. But occasionally I use the computer at the workforce office and they block quite a bit, such as YouTube and others
These two 176s remind me of a pair of 175s that I bought in 1976 that went on a 1965 Pontiac Consort ambulance that I put in service. An ambulance builder in KS that also had an equipment line that they were shutting down. I got the two 175s at clearance prices. So on the ambulance went the pair of 175s on the front corners with a Q in the center. There were two red DoRay lollipops between the Q and the beacons and a blue Dietz 211WW beacon behind the Q. And to top it off I had an Interceptor with a grille mount speaker. Not a bad package at all for the day and time.
ex416
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