NYPD Signal Star Bar authentication

May 21, 2010
418
Western Montana
Need the brain trust's assessment: other than incorrect domes, is this bar authentic and complete? Are the 374 domes hard to obtain?

Thanks.

 

MtnMan

Member
Dec 20, 2012
1,533
Eastern PA
The can lights and speaker are definitely incorrect. Pretty sure the bar is wrong, too. Can’t tell about beacons without seeing the tags. Original 374 lenses are very hard to come by.
 

deelony

Member
May 23, 2010
185
LINY
Its an Authentic signal stat crossbar,beacons and flasher cans. The domes are incorrect and it is not a nypd bar. Nypd used trio cans rebranded as signal stat #672 i believe?
 

cmb56

Member
May 22, 2010
746
Norrköping, Sweden
The Signal-Stat bar have the feets for hook-on mount and not for gutter mount as used by NYPD.
The lights are Signal-Stat 374s but with Stratolite 80 lenses.
The speaker is an Atlas-Sound HPR-70W and there are a pair of turn signal light flashers.
Not much NYPD there as previous mentioned.

Michael
 

NESQ115

Member
Jan 21, 2012
118
New York
In addition to what has been mentioned, I see one other discrepancy. At least one of the two beacons appears to be a model 377 (tilted lamps)(which NYPD used only in 1972 as a stand-alone beacon on an extension base), whereas the beacons on an actual NYPD light bar should both be model 374. I imagine whoever is bidding on this thinks it is an authentic NYPD set-up.
 

CrownVic97

Member
May 21, 2010
3,350
Hazen, ND
Sold! For $1,136 plus shipping.

I bet that seller is pretty happy! Even though it wasn't authentic NYPD, I hope the seller packages the whole thing well for the buyer.
 

stansdds

Member
May 25, 2010
3,533
U.S.A., Virginia
Sadly, there is a sucker born every minute. I saw it on eBay and the first error that caught my eye were the incorrect can lights. If the driver's side beacon is actually a Signal Stat 377, those are rare, but I doubt that parting out this bar would recoup the total cost of purchase.
 
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CHIEFOPS

Member
Jan 24, 2011
1,532
NYC
If you read it carefully the seller never claims it's an NYPD bar.
Those can lights might be correct for an early generation McDermott Riser bar so they may in fact be Signal-Stat cans. But for a hodgepodge of lights and speaker it's definitely a ripoff at that price.
 

deelony

Member
May 23, 2010
185
LINY
If you read it carefully the seller never claims it's an NYPD bar.
Those can lights might be correct for an early generation McDermott Riser bar so they may in fact be Signal-Stat cans. But for a hodgepodge of lights and speaker it's definitely a ripoff at that price.
they are indeed signal stat cans, here is a photo of the same ones on my manual mcdermott
 

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