NOS Whelen Piercer 1 Found Today!

[ford-dealer]

Here is a little Jewel that I stumbled across today.  This is a NOS Whelen Piercer.  I removed the bulb so you could see the internal (Self Contained) power supply.  I had only seen this in the catalog photo that John Marcson has posted.  Much to my surprise... I now HAVE one!    It tested perfectly! 

 

[dmathieu]

Nice grab David!!!

 

[ford-dealer]

Nice grab David!!!

Dan, Thank You Sir!  And to think... along with this, I snatched up:

NYPD 24 RMVF Aero-Twin

Jetsonic w/Multifunction Rotators

Model 11 Visibar

.... which all seemed to PALE compared to THIS!   Woot Woot!

 

[lotsofbars]

Dan, Thank You Sir!  And to think... along with this, I snatched up:

NYPD 24 RMVF Aero-Twin

Jetsonic w/Multifunction Rotators

Model 11 Visibar

.... which all seemed to PALE compared to THIS!   Woot Woot!

I'd be so pumped for that NYPD bar . . . it's such a good setup. Just imagine this: this piercer mounted to the front of one of the other bars you picked up. Totally unrealistic, but it would be an awesome light show!

 

[801]

Wow, great find.

 

[JohnMarcson]

Here is a little Jewel that I stumbled across today.  This is a NOS Whelen Piercer.  I removed the bulb so you could see the internal (Self Contained) power supply.  I had only seen this in the catalog photo that John Marcson has posted.  Much to my surprise... I now HAVE one!    It tested perfectly! 

There were a few versions, this one uses the round circuit board inside the cast housing. There were far more that simply a remite supply, often with onebulb wired to both outlets of a two outlet supply to double the rate. This self contained version is hard to find. These often had the supply bypassed when tbey failed. Very cool find.

 

[ford-dealer]

:hail:   Thank You sir!  :tiphat:

 

[RDT Car 25]

My first fire dept. had two apparatus that used these lights. One was a 1988 Mack and the second was a 1991 LTI Ladder. I'll see if I can find any photos. These lights were definitely noticeable.