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[MPD 818]

Got this today for $40. Pretty happy since I have been wanting one for a while. I was told that it came off of an old ambulance and was mounted on the front fender hence the reason the dome is blackened. I have a hard time buying that though since I thought the fireball was an interior only light. Anyways, here it is.


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[dakarm34]

Great find, we had them mounted exactly that way on all of our ambulances. It was our trade mark. This was at Manchester Rescue Squad in Chesterfield, VA.

 

[MPD 818]

It is very clean inside, does not look like it hardly got used. The gentleman that I bought it from said that it came from Federal with the dome black and at the angle needed for the fender mount. I have never heard of Federal doing that. Can anyone confirm or deny?

 

[dakarm34]

Here's a link to me standing by our unit back in the 90s when I had hair.


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[ryan]

PM inbound.

 

[03crownvic]

Yep, Federal offered a dual Fireball option to the major ambulance manufacturers for ambulance fender use. They weren't widely used nationally, but some departments loved them and kept the concept going well after it's time period ended. The dome blackout you have pictured is correct for fender mounting.

 

[JohnMarcson]

Correct....as stated.... there were fireballs offered specifically for this purpose with angled and straight blacked out backs. They were common on ambulances in Ohio in the 80s and early 90s.


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[dmathieu]

There was a pair of these, with mounts, on Ebay recently.


Dan

 

[MPD 818]

Thanks for the info everyone!

 

[EVModules]

And I thought I saw everything! Wonder what other oddities are out there but save that for a different thread. Good find!

 

[Clarence H]

Braun did that a lot on their ambulances, like the last ambulance pictured.


Clarence

 

[Steve0625]

There's one on the nose of this '71 Cadi by Miller-Meteor. (First rig I ever worked in!) It came that way from the factory.

 

[EVModules]

Wouldn't it have been easier to put LED's on that '71 Caddy?


I bet it goes as "Rudolph" as a nickname and is prominently positioned just ahead of Santa's sleigh in the local Christmas parade!

 

[MPD 818]

Just so happened to be looking on govdeals tonight and they have an ambulance on there with these same lights


http://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemID=2&acctID=3390

 

[dmathieu]

I have a used blackened out red Fire Ball lens, like the ones in the pictures, if anybody is interested.


Dan

 

[CrownVic97]

Just so happened to be looking on govdeals tonight and they have an ambulance on there with these same lights
http://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemID=2&acctID=3390

Good thing yours is in good shape MPD 818. These FireBalls didn't get that luxury.

 

[JohnMarcson]

They were pretty prone to various breakages... and were often replaced with standard fireball lenses... a local squad did this and spray painted the back to kill the flash back.

 

[Shadow-D]

I remember some of the ambulances in my area had them, funny, I don't remember them being mounted on a mount like that. I remember them mounted directly on the flat section of the fender on Ford vans.


I could be wrong though... Wouldn't be the first time :lol:

 

[wfdstation42]

I remember them mounted directly on the flat section of the fender on Ford vans.

The volunteer squad I belonged to back in the 80's had a Ford van ambulance, I'm thinking a Wheeled Coach, with such lights. They had a Fireball shaped tapered plate, maybe and inch high at the front and 3/8 inch at the back to offset the slight slope of the Ford hood.

 

[LP6000]

I wish I could find a suitable mount for the front of my 94 Wheeled Coach. I'd love a pair of FBs on it!