homemade visibar

[rick h.]

I am going to make a visibar with 2 model 14's for my collection .What is the correct measurements on the bar ? any help would be appreciated .

 

[CrownVic97]

IIRC, it's a 54"L x 1.5"H x1.5"W square aluminum bar. Securing the beacons' bases on the bar won't be hard, I'm sure, as self-tapping short screws were used (not entirely sure, need conformation on this).


Are you planning on putting mounting feet on the bottom as well? I know that if you want adjustable mounts, the original Visibars have a 6 to 7 in, machine-cut channel on each side in the center of the bottom, starting I believe 3/4 in away from the end of the bar so that you could adjust the feet more in or farther out to fit on the roof of a vehicle properly before tightening them down. How to do that yourself without taking the aluminum bar to a machine shop is a new one for me.


Here's Eric6913's CT-1 Visibar, showing the bottom profile of the aluminum bar:

 

[Clarence H]

I have a plain visibar, no endcaps, no mounts, that I could send you for shipping costs. The beacons mounted with 1/4- 20 bolts, 1/2 inch long, there are pressed in inserts in the bar, to thread the screws into.


Clarence

 

[rick h.]

sent a pm to you Clarence. crownvic97 thank you for the fantastic information.

 

[CrownVic97]

No problem, Rick . Keep us updated on your project!

 

[EL1998P71]

North American Signal still makes the crossbars. I have one in my garage that I bought last year that still needs to be worked on.

 

[rick h.]

EL1998P71


thanks for the info

 

[EL1998P71]

EL1998P71
thanks for the info

Just in case anyone was looking for more info


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http://northamericansignalc.thomasnet.com/viewitems/vehicle-mounting-hardware/vehicle-mounting-hardware-2?