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I guess it is best to work on the domes with the endcaps attached? Without the endcaps the domes feel a little wobbly/fragile.

What would be the best way to fix these old domes? Wet sanding + plastic polish or just plastic polish? Please click on the pic to see the damage...

Yes, it could very well be a IV B or maybe this V B model? These sirens were all 75W right? The sound on the siren in the video sound at least that it like was 300W =) ....compered to the 100W sirens on the vehicles that drove away first.

Could the siren maybe be a Magnum IV model??

Hello! I just wanted to post a link to this youtube clip where you can listen to a very old Smith & Wesson siren on a old ladder firetruck... In the video (please watch the whole video from beginning and turn up speakers) you can clearly hear the difference on the todays sirens and the "old...

I have just bought this used Code 3 Excalibur lightbar with 3 rotators and 2 strobes and some lower lights. And now I wonder why there are not any mirrors installed in the lightbar to reflect the light better ?? Did this model come out from the factory without mirrors or has some previous owner...

Hi folks ! I have just bought this used Code 3 Excalibur strobe lightbar and have some questions. 1. The lightbar has four strobe outlets but only two of them seems to work, could I have connected something wrong or is the powersupply on it´s last days? (The control wire harness is missing...

I am not sure what paint has been used but on the picture it seems that they have have been spraypainted. Original color of the domes were blue. The seller says that when the lightbar flashes it shines thru the White paint....uuh....that must look quite strange or what??

Hi! I have been offered to buy a Streethawk lightbar, but the owner has painted (!!!!) the domes white.... =( Now, can I remove the paint with something or are the domes just trash ??

I Think it could also be difficult to get the "full value"  out of the lights to sell a whole Collection in one deal to one buyer....

Hello again folks! I am a bit curious about how much money you have spent so far on your lightbars/lights/sirens collections ? I am sure that not all of you will not give a number in $$$$$ but maybe give a little clue on how much you have spent... I have collected lightbars/lights/sirens...

The hallway is at the far right side of the house,  almost no one will use it exect me. But like you said, accidents can happend... But then again the house is quite small and I don´t want to place the lightbars in any of the rooms. Well, let´s see what it will look like when I place the bars...

Hi! When I soon move in to my new house I have decided to place my lightbarcollection in i far away small hallway.  The hallway is only about 5ft wide and 16ft long. Anyone else here has got their collection in a hallway? When turning on the lightbars you are quite close the lights, how will...

Collecting lightbars: Cool or not cool? Hello! Does all your friends/relatives know that you collect lightbars/lights/sirens etc.? Sometimes when I have told someone that I collect lightbars people have just stared at me and said someting like: -"That´s a bit weird, what do you want to do...

Maybe not so wise to use on actual road. Also if the lightbar would be turned on for a long time I think that the sheets could become faded or even melt.

Hello! I had clear domes on my Twinsonic lightbar and wanted the blue/red setup, so I just took some Transparency sheet that was ment for lasercopies and printed the pages in full blue/red colors. I placed two layers to get bit darker colors (with only one layer the light was too bright). Then...

Hi folks! Here´s a picture of my two blue Federal Signal Flashballs. They were mounted in the the grille of a VW ambulance from 1981. I noticed when testing these that one had a quite noisy relay, it gives one flash/second but the relay sounds something like "boiiingg-boiiing" not the normal...

How long do you guys think it would take to strip off these ambulances (I counted them to be around 10-12 from the pictures) every lightbar, other lights and sirens? My guess is that it could take about 2 days?? Sometimes the bolts and screws are hardly rusted on the stuff, and that will take...

Yep, buy everything you can get, if they are willing to sell and if the prices are good. Once when I asked to a buy siren from an old ambulance in a junkyard in Sweden the owner told me "No, I don´t want to sell it, I might get in trouble with the insurance company if I sell it".

That Jacksons ambulance must have sounded like there was coming about 5 emergency vehicles down the street!!! =) But with that many buttons to manouver on different sirens you may loose concentration on the traffic and the road...

You had like 3 sirens on one ambulance? That´s a lot of sirens on just one vehicle! In Europe we have mostly 1 siren and approximately 2.

I have this Signal-Stat III siren in my collection. The model was used in the middle 70´ties mostly by NYPD if I have understood right. The siren sounds quite strange to me. For those who want hear soundsamples go to youtube and search "Signal stat 3 siren" (not my siren but the same sounds)...

I can try later this week to make a video.

Yes, this could very well be a European model only.

Hi folks! I have noticed that my Whelen WS295-mp siren has got a very old sounding MANUAL siren, almost like the old Director sirens. If you search in youtube "whelen ws295" you´ll find soundsamples (not my siren but the manual siren sounds the same). The sound is kind of mechanical. Anyone...

Are the Magnum III and Magnum Vb a lot more rare than the Magnums IVa and IVb?

Just bought this Smith & Wesson Magnum VB siren to my collection. I really like these S&W sirens! Now I have in my collection the following S&W sirens: Magnum III Magnum IV A Magnum IV B Magnum V B Model 800

You could be quite right there about that! And imagine if I could get hold of a poster in 3-D !!! =)

Hello lightbar-fans!! I don´t know if this is under the right section, but I´ll give it a try here. I have this idea that I someday would like to try... First I would print (in full color) a lifesize poster of vintage emergency vehicle and place it on a big wall. The vehicle should be...

OK, thanks for the info!