Respondcode3
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fireball3 said:do you know if in the back of the can light, the bulb is also green?
Cyril
Respondcode3 said:Amber would have been incorrect .. back then the only color the CFD used was red clear and green.
I 26 said:There is no pornographic image in the world that can provide the same visual stimulation that you have presented here.
I can't help but notice that in some of the photos the 888 seems to have a clear, red-bordered bulb, and in others it appears the bulb is solid red? Is this a trick of imagery or did you do some swapping?
Other photos of the 888 seem to have the same color patterns in the bulb - was it manufactured this way or does the coating fade from years of heat?
ThanksRespondcode3 said:No Its red.
toon80 said:Now, all you need is to restore a Dodge Monaco and you'd be all set
fireball3 said:
Respondcode3 said:Bar built from parts and installed by Me..
it is certain that a clear bulb will have the same result! I personally do not know!.I 26 said:What is the purpose in the red halo on the 888 bulb? Doesn't the white just drown it out anyways?
it is interesting to know the history of the CFD, thanks for the synopsis!Respondcode3 said:Illlinois never required green on ambulances. The green light on all CFD appratus is a traditon that goes back to the 1920's. The commisioner at the time James Corrigan's family owned a shipping line and had a nautical backround. He used the red and green for port and starboard and adopted it to fire apparatus. To this day it is a tradition in the Chicago area. The same was true for Chicago firehouses.
Respondcode3 said:Illlinois never required green on ambulances. The green light on all CFD appratus is a traditon that goes back to the 1920's. The commisioner at the time James Corrigan's family owned a shipping line and had a nautical backround. He used the red and green for port and starboard and adopted it to fire apparatus. To this day it is a tradition in the Chicago area. The same was true for Chicago firehouses.
fireball3 said:
JennyCop said:-whiping drool off my keyboard and face- :salivate: This is my new Favorite thread! Wow! Nice I am so jealous!
Skip Goulet said:Welcome aboard, Jenny! That center mounted 888 reminds me of an old Mars DL8 that we had on an ambulance in the early '70s. The DL series was a figure-8 light w/o the extra "wobble" of an 888, and was a bulb-reflector setup. This old light had been 6-volt, with a standard auto. turn signal type bulb. It had a solid red glass lens. We put a 12-volt #1019 bulb out of a Jr. Beacon Ray light in place of the old bulb and mounted the light on the front center of the ambulance roof (an old '60 Chevy wagon BTW). Surprisingly enough, we ran that old light for a long time and it never hurt the old 6-volt motor: but did it ever get up and move! One night we were transporting a patient from the local racetrack when all of a sudden a sheriff's unit jumps in front of us to escort us. This guy took off like a scalded ape, and it was all we could do to keep up with him. When we finally "landed" at the ER and got our patient unloaded, we came out and I went to thank the deputy for the escort. Turned out to be someone I knew! So when I thanked him, he chuckled and exclaimed that we didn't need him because that blasted "wobbly light" was so bright that he was doing all he could to stay ahead of it w/o it blinding him. He really liked it and so did we!
fireball3 said::haha: amusing anecdote!... Thanks
Cyril
dg0223 said:Does anybody have any pictures, or, for that matter, a Mars lightbar, that was red/blue? I ask because I haven't really seen any Mars lightbars with a red/blue setup. They've strictly been the Chicago setups. I think there may have been some in Sugerland Express, but I was thinking more of an actual agency that used Mars red/blue.
solid_snake said:Amazing lightbar man!Congratulation!!
Elle est magnifique Cyril!Vivement la vidéo!
dg0223 said:Does anybody have any pictures, or, for that matter, a Mars lightbar, that was red/blue? I ask because I haven't really seen any Mars lightbars with a red/blue setup. They've strictly been the Chicago setups. I think there may have been some in Sugerland Express, but I was thinking more of an actual agency that used Mars red/blue.
My department ran RED/AMBER Mars bars! Here a pic of one! Used red/ amber filters to get the split beacon look! Red to the front Amber to the rear on the drivers side and Amber to the front, Red to the rear on the passenger side! Red/Amber was the common set up for Law Enforcement in Arizona in the seventies!fireball3 said:Same for me, I have never seen somewhere, a Mars Bar Red / Blue, the only ones I've always seen, are R / R, B / B or RC / RC.
IMHO these bars has been mostly Illinois and Texas.
Merci Hervé!
/Cyril
JennyCop said:My department ran RED/AMBER Mars bars! heres a pic of one! Used red/ amber filters to get the split beacon look! Red to the front Amber to the rear on the drivers side and Amber to the front, Red to the rear on the passenger side! Red/Amber was the common set up for Law Enforcement in Arizona in the seventies!
Respondcode3 said:Need to alternate the can lights..