Finally!! My long awaited Federal CT-1 project finished

[ERIC6913]

Hello there fellow collectors!


This time i have something special. I have been working on this project for quite some time. This is my Federal Signal CT-1. I started with a visi-bar frame, two 184 beacons, CTS lamp assembly and a lot of patience! Everything on this bar has been refinished. I powder coated the frame, mirror polished the stainless pieces, re-chromed the beacon bases and speaker. I had RYAN make me a split red/amber dome which, turned out just like federal would have done it. John Dorgan handled the re-chroming. I had two stainless steel discs cut using a water jet. These discs are the plates that the beacons rest on. Water-jetting was definitely the way to go, as they are perfectly round. The white beacon gaskets are from Dale Cohen. UMAN provided the CTS lamp assembly. FYRBOY refinished the nameplate for me. Thank you to all who contributed! I consider this to be one of my best projects to date. Please let me know what you think, but do not ask for a video as CFD125 has one for you to watch if you would like to see a CT-1 in action.






































Thanks for looking and commenting!!

 

[Pimp]

:shock:

 

[EHFD_Tower_751]

JEALOUS............heck none of my bars I clean up EVER look THAT good.


Well.........one did, and that was my all light streethawk

 

[Lt.214]

Beautiful!

 

[CrownVic97]

Holy. Cow. Very nice, indeed...

 

[triton911bj]

looks amazing!

 

[rick h.]

wow that bar looks great

 

[fedsig7]

Defiantly one of the nicest bars I have seen in a long time.

 

[crescentstar69]

Wow! Beautiful!!

 

[dustymedic]

I can remember Inglewood, CA PD having those bars, very nice..

 

[ERIC6913]

thank you to all so far.

 

[towmedic]

Very impressive!

 

[dmathieu]

Fantastic!


Dan

 

[stansdds]

Quite the impressive project.

 

[CFD125]

Perfect, as usual.


Now there is one on each side of the country.


I put a blue dome on my passenger side also, but I suspect that when these were in service, they were running red.

 

[motorolamaniac]

That is one super slick bar! Great job for sure.

 

[toon80]

Eric, is there something you CAN'T restore? :lol:


Amazing piece of art right there!!


I like the idea that this project was a contribution of many members.

 

[CFD125]

It's kind of funny to me how rare, and sought after, split domes are now.


When I was growing up in Massachusetts, just about every beacon had split domes.


A lot of police ran blue front / red rear.


Most tow trucks, highway dept. trucks, and snow plows ran amber front / red rear.


I do remember seeing that exact style 184 dome on tow trucks, just turned 180 degrees.

 

[2ADAM46]

Fantastic!

 

[ERIC6913]

thank you thank you! i was quite pleased with the outcome myself. it really shines in the sun

 

[JohnMarcson]

Looks great! Very nice ground up build!

 

[KMG365]

Awesome job!! Enjoy it!

 

[MIKET2]

That is clean Eric, very nice job on that! By the way, that split red/amber flashing beacon looks very


familiar or I could be wrong but I saw the same one at Ford Dealers house on a simalar bar like that a


pretty long time ago. Would that be the same one?

 

[ERIC6913]

That is clean Eric, very nice job on that! By the way, that split red/amber flashing beacon looks very
familiar or I could be wrong but I saw the same one at Ford Dealers house on a simalar bar like that a


pretty long time ago. Would that be the same one?

no, CFD125 has that lightbar. i made this one myself.

 

[ryan]

no, CFD125 has that lightbar. i made this one myself.

I actually made the dome for Eric.

 

[Steady Fred]

Downey, South Gate, and Whittier PDs were running those. At first, they ran them with red domes on the rotator. Then, after CHP started running CTSs with blue on the passenger side about the mid 70s, most agencies swapped the red dome on the rotator to blue. Downey PD had a utility van with one fixed beacon on each end, split on the driver's side, solid red (then blue) on the passenger side. Whittier kept red on the right side even when they went to the CTS.

 

[police-jimmy]

so do you have your own chroming shop, eric ??


I can't imagine it was done with polish alone :shock:


Anway, great job

 

[ERIC6913]

hello! yes, most of those pieces are just polished, except the beacon skirts.

 

[nypd-hire]

Eric


Your collection never ceases to amaze me. I love how you get every bar or beacon better than new. I look forward to having a collection as immaculate as yours one day. I have 2 problems: 1)the girlfriend and 2) space (or lack of)


Keep up the good work.


Chris

 

[kadetklapp]

That is a gorgeous bar....

 

[ny04350]

Here's some in-service cars, a few 72 Coronets from Riverside CA using the CT-1...


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[EL1998P71]

Looks great. But a Video is in order.

 

[patrol530]

Yikes, you know that Motor guy is deaf in his left ear.

 

[dmathieu]

Yikes, you know that Motor guy is deaf in his left ear.

:lol:


Those are beautiful lightbars, but they are huge, and very high riding. Looks like the cruisers might fall over when cornering.


Dan

 

[stansdds]

Love that vintage photo! Check out the motor officer's duty belt. Yes, boys and girls, once upon a time police officers carried revolvers and spare cartridges were carried in leather loops on their belts. Ah, the good ol' days, I remember them well.

 

[JohnMarcson]

Love that vintage photo! Check out the motor officer's duty belt. Yes, boys and girls, once upon a time police officers carried revolvers and spare cartridges were carried in leather loops on their belts. Ah, the good ol' days, I remember them well.

And the siren was behind him...

 

[stansdds]

And the siren was behind him...

Yep, OSHA would not allow that today! The same goes for siren speakers mounted anywhere on the roof of a vehicle.