another craigslist salvage day. Grote, Vector, Tripplights

[kadetklapp]

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Couple of frankenbars and a loaded Vector. More details to come.

 

[Strobe Craft]

Awesome!

 

[EHFD_Tower_751]

nice vector..........and my favorite setup

 

[emtanderson51]

I was interested in the Grote bar when I saw it on Craig but wasn't interested in the shipping cost lol nice grabs!

 

[kadetklapp]

I was interested in the Grote bar when I saw it on Craig but wasn't interested in the shipping cost lol nice grabs!

Everything looks better on the computer, well, most of the time.


The Grote setup is ok, the beacons work GREAT, all bulbs light up and they rotate smoothly. The red lenses I got are junk. One could be usable with a bit of silicone in the top but they are dinged and cracked all over. The blue one is in serviceable condition. The two ambers are relatively new and have seen very little use. I'd hazard to guess the guy I got it from wacked around town with the ambers on it. They have a newer model number stamp and only a bit of bug residue on them. Bar appears to be a Visibar and the mounts are AeroDynic


The Tripp Lights are going to come out ok. The blue lenses aren't in too bad a shape. They need a good polishing. The little Vitalite or Grote in the middle is pretty much shot. Poor guy got crushed pretty bad. But he does light up and rotate. The rest of it is scrap.


The Vector was a last minute buy, guy brought it out when I was looking at the Tripp. Threw it in for a few bucks more. I know NOTHING about Vectors, other than my Caprice 9C1 had one when in service with Fremont, California PD. I'm not putting power to anything on it until I know what I'm doing. I'm not sure if this thing requires a controller to work or not, it has a regular hacked up harness, no phone lines running around it.


Taking offers on everything. I might pick something to keep for myself but this was a salvage run. These had languished on Craigslist for so long and I was so close I couldn't stand it anymore. More pics forthwith-


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[plybeep68]

Nice Haul!! :woot:

 

[CrownVic97]

A very good day for you, Kadet. Nice work!

 

[kadetklapp]

A very good day for you, Kadet. Nice work!

Thanks. If only it were a pair of 175 hill lights...

 

[Wigwam700]

Thanks for sharing your haul! Could you possibly take close up head on frontal photos of your crossbars and vector light, I have not seen any tripp or grote bars before, eventhough they may be somewhat common.


Thanks


Todd

 

[PinballCharlie]

Congrats on your haul!!

 

[infernoemeq]

may i ask what you all look under to find this stuff ?


i got a friend that looks on there all the time.

 

[kadetklapp]

Thanks for sharing your haul! Could you possibly take close up head on frontal photos of your crossbars and vector light, I have not seen any tripp or grote bars before, eventhough they may be somewhat common.
Thanks


Todd

They aren't factory setups. The beacon bars are just individually powered beacons that someone strapped onto a girder and mounted on their truck. In the case of the Grote setup, I think it's a Visibar frame. The TrippLight beacons are mounted to a home made aluminum cross bar.

 

[Lightbarnut]

Don't be too overly concerned about that Vector bar. The one you have is a standard Vector, no special functions. You can power it up and test it like any other regular lightbar. 1 or 2 rotators should be fast and the rest slow speed. Clear domed pods 2 and 6 hold the TD, AL and RF.


I got a literal pickup truck load of these once from my local PD. Not one of them worked right and I ended up parting them out and scrapping them for the aluminum.

 

[kadetklapp]

Well the Vector appears to work OK. Impressive light throw. I've never messed with one before. Might just keep it for my 9C1 as I doubt it's worth the hassle of selling/shipping.


Can anyone tell me if the Grote beacons would be model 7620?


Also, in regards to the SignalMaster on the Vector- Is it possible to seperate it and operate it stand-alone?

 

[Lightbarnut]

Yes, provided that the screws aren't so corroded that you can't loosen them. The SignalMaster control has its own hot and ground, so you could use it separately.

 

[redneckwelder87]

The Grote's look like 7620's for sure, there used to be an older Chevrolet wrecker around my town that had two of them on the bed. You couldn't miss that truck when they were on, they really threw some light.

 

[kadetklapp]

The Grote's look like 7620's for sure, there used to be an older Chevrolet wrecker around my town that had two of them on the bed. You couldn't miss that truck when they were on, they really threw some light.

Yes they do, these things spin pretty quick for four-bulb beacons.