My FREE $10. Hill light Beaconray

JennyCop · Jun 12, 2015

So a friend asked me to come meet up with him,because he had a surprise for me. When I drove up he walked me over to his car popped the trunk and handed me this Hill light!!! He was like "I found it at a yard sale paid $10. for it, you like it? Made me think of little Miss Lightbar!" Well needless to say I more than like it I love it!

Here are some pics, I can't wait to polish it up and get a new dome for it. Sorry about my cat in the pics he insisted on posing with it.

Zapp Brannigan · Jun 12, 2015

JEEBUZ!!

Wish I had that ind of luck.... Guess if I didn't have bad luck I'd have none at all...

StEaLtH2 · Jun 12, 2015

Wow, what a find.!......

Ahh, what a delight friends can be sometimes

Can't wait to see it purrrdied up...meow

Ha. See what I did there? Lmao

dmathieu · Jun 12, 2015

I love a deal!

Scoot163 · Jun 12, 2015

Pawsitively amazing! You don't pussyfoot around when it comes to lights!

tsquale · Jun 12, 2015

Now THAT is a great friend!

rcfd34 · Jun 12, 2015

We got one of these up in our station thats never been put on a truck still brand new just no box

motorolamaniac · Jun 13, 2015

Wow!!! Best deal so far this year!

jph2 · Jun 13, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFN_tBT-xZE

rcfd34 · Jun 13, 2015

What is the going price on one of these my department is gonna be getting ready to sell the one we have gonna be doing some clearing out

tsquale · Jun 13, 2015

rcfd34 said:
What is the going price on one of these my department is gonna be getting ready to sell the one we have gonna be doing some clearing out

Several hundred depending on condition. Listing on ebay will yield higher sale price than on here.

Maxim2Eng · Jun 13, 2015

Very good friend, you have there!

As for the feline, like mine, if they're not on the wrong side of a door, they're in the middle of everything! He seems to be saying either, "Are you kidding me? This is where I sleep!", or, "I could pee on this...really."

ERIC6913 · Jun 13, 2015

I like your Kitty

rond · Jun 13, 2015

Nice find cute cat too, very photogenic

Phillyrube · Jun 13, 2015

Saw an episode of American Pickers last week, guys were in a garage, and walked past a Beacon Ray 17 a few times. Also saw some kind of siren on a shelf.

Wish you could put in orders with those guys.....

894 · Jun 14, 2015

Awesome grab for the price! A couple of correct bulbs, a little elbow grease and you'll be good-to-go! (and your dome...)

toon80 · Jun 14, 2015

Very Nice light!

Cats do this all the time. Mine inspected this Aero before I could show it around....

Mars Light · Jun 14, 2015

motorolamaniac said:
Wow!!! Best deal so far this year!

I totally agree!

THAT is a steal.

@Jenny - what kind of red sealed beams are in the FS 175? Common are 4416R.

lotsofbars · Jun 14, 2015

Jealous. I haven't gotten a deal like that since I got a pile of vintage lights in a trade. With a few major bulb switch-outs (I usually prefer halogen red and incandescent clear to keep the brightness equal) and some polish, this will be one of the stars of your collection!

JazzDad · Jun 15, 2015

The JDI mascot cat is jealous. Or something.

Mars Light · Jun 19, 2015

Jenny, what type are the red sealed beams?

894 · Jun 22, 2015

Mars Light said:
Jenny, what type are the red sealed beams?

Based on what we're seeing here is the 30 degree upward is a 4435 instead of a 4416 and one of the red bulbs is a 4414R or 4411R instead of the 4416R.

Jenny?

JennyCop · Jun 25, 2015

Both the red sealed beams on mine are GE4414R's

dmathieu · Jun 25, 2015

The reds s/b 4416R, and the clears s/b 4416.

Mars Light · Jun 26, 2015

4414R are only 18W. Is that not too low?

stansdds · Jun 26, 2015

Mars Light said:
4414R are only 18W. Is that not too low?

Low wattage and the lens diffuses the light beam. 4416 is 30 watts and is a spotlight, not a floodlight bulb.

JennyCop · Jun 26, 2015

Mars Light said:
4414R are only 18W. Is that not too low?

wasn't my choice that is how I got it.

Mars Light · Jun 26, 2015

Yes, I know. But I ask if it is an usefull alternative or not really usefull.

JennyCop · Jan 26, 2016

What year was the Beacon Ray 175 introduced?

EL1998P71 · Jan 30, 2016

Nice light.
My only awesome find is a beacon ray that a friend told me about that he passed on because the dome was scratched. The light was only $40, it oscillates and has a glass red dome. The tag says 173 but it has spots for 4 bulbs. Is it tagged wrong? Cause I have another 173 that has 3 bulbs and just rotates.

ex416 · Jan 30, 2016

EL1998P71 said:
Nice light.
My only awesome find is a beacon ray that a friend told me about that he passed on because the dome was scratched. The light was only $40, it oscillates and has a glass red dome. The tag says 173 but it has spots for 4 bulbs. Is it tagged wrong? Cause I have another 173 that has 3 bulbs and just rotates.View attachment 150880

it sounds like you got yourself a 174 and the tag would be wrong. if you only paid $40 for it you got one heck of a deal.

Maxim2Eng · Jan 30, 2016

Yup. That be a mis-tagged 174--not an uncommon occurrence. If the scratches aren't too bad, a windshield polish could help. And at $40, you are lucky not to have been arrested for theft! You lucky dog, you.

Skulldigger · Jan 30, 2016

I too am envious. I need better friends.

EL1998P71 · Jan 31, 2016

Maxim2Eng said:
Yup. That be a mis-tagged 174--not an uncommon occurrence. If the scratches aren't too bad, a windshield polish could help. And at $40, you are lucky not to have been arrested for theft! You lucky dog, you.

Its not bad and it's only on one side, so I display that with it facing away.
When I restore it, i have a clear glass dome for it., The red glass dome is going on my 120V 100W commander beacon.

Maxim2Eng · Feb 2, 2016

EL1998P71 said:
Its not bad and it's only on one side, so I display that with it facing away.
When I restore it, i have a clear glass dome for it., The red glass dome is going on my 120V 100W commander beacon.

Back in the day, Indiana State Police used clear domed 174s with read/clear bulbs with the dwell on the red.

CrownVic97 · Feb 2, 2016

Maxim2Eng said:
Back in the day, Indiana State Police used clear domed 174s with read/clear bulbs with the dwell on the red.

Probably 1 clear bulb and red all the rest of the way. In some places that was common to keep the clear from drowning out the red.

Skip Goulet · Feb 8, 2016

JennyCop said:
What year was the Beacon Ray 175 introduced?

The 175s were introduced, I think, in the early to mid '60s. Odessa PD started using them c.'63-'65, going to VisiBars around '67 or so.

Skip Goulet · Feb 8, 2016

I had a nice Dietz 211-WW hill light that I got c.1973. It came off a '61 Pontiac ambulance. A friend of mine shut down his ambulance service after only a couple of years in business. He was the sole black ambulance operator in Lubbock back then and yielded to political pressure. But by the time he shut down the old Pontiac was in extreme distress and I ended up running a number of his calls for him. When he scrapped the old Pontiac I ended up with the Q, two blue Dietz lollipops and an early Federal Director he had. I also got back my 77G doubletone siren that he had borrowed. You should've seen that rig with five beacons (two red Dietz "14" look alikes on the front corner and the Dietz hill light center rear), two Fireballs over the rear door and the blue lollipops between the front beacons and the Q. My 77G was on the front right fender. And the speaker for the director on the left. I guarantee.....you could see and hear that old rig coming!

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