Well.... it is alive!! Tested the beast today, and no issues on it's function, as a siren, so next will be a test on the brake to see if it works. Determined it was shipped in 1954 to a fire apparatus builder in the S.F. Bay Area.. Considering it's of that age, the beast is in fairly good and maybe one might say really good condition. When I woke it up today it growls like an old grizzly bear...