Question About Building an LASD/LACOFD Platter

[ccrowley]

Good Morning Everyone, I have another newbie question for you all.
As a fan of Emergency!, I'd like to build a replica of an LASD/LACOFD Platter light for display in my garage. I was wondering would the modern Grote #6402 PAR 46 chrome housing would be a close match for the original Dietz housings?

64021 - Par 46 Utility Lights, Multi-Function Housing, Chrome Plated

Grote Industries - Part: #64021 - Par 46 Utility Lights, Multi-Function Housing, Chrome Plated. Shock-absorbing body increases bulb life

www.grote.com

If that's the case, then it would just be a matter of finding the GE 4001R and 4001A sealed beams and add a Federal CP-25 siren speaker on a homemade base (as it is just for display, only the lights will be operable).
Second question, is there a modern equivalent of the Do-Ray lollipop light and Do-Ray white identification light?
Thank you for the help!

 

[tsquale]

From the photos I have seen, I think the Grote would be a "close enough" versus trying to source the Dietz housings.

 

[southpaw]

Good Morning Everyone, I have another newbie question for you all.
As a fan of Emergency!, I'd like to build a replica of an LASD/LACOFD Platter light for display in my garage. I was wondering would the modern Grote #6402 PAR 46 chrome housing would be a close match for the original Dietz housings?

64021 - Par 46 Utility Lights, Multi-Function Housing, Chrome Plated

Grote Industries - Part: #64021 - Par 46 Utility Lights, Multi-Function Housing, Chrome Plated. Shock-absorbing body increases bulb life

www.grote.com

If that's the case, then it would just be a matter of finding the GE 4001R and 4001A sealed beams and add a Federal CP-25 siren speaker on a homemade base (as it is just for display, only the lights will be operable).
Second question, is there a modern equivalent of the Do-Ray lollipop light and Do-Ray white identification light?
Thank you for the help!

The correct lamp for the rear amber is 4434A.

 

[ccrowley]

Perfect! And the front reds are the 4001R?

 

[southpaw]

That is correct. My suggestion is a Dietz 510 for the rear amber, and a Dietz 9-50 or 9-51 for the front red. The mounting brackets for the lamps are something somebody may have on ELB. They show up on ebay from time to time..

 

[ccrowley]

I think I know those brackets, aren't they the same ones used on the Trio T2 can lights?

 

[southpaw]

Exactly the same. On the front reds of the platters they are "reversed" from what the Trio T2 would be, however the rear amber on the platter faces the same way as the Trios do.

 

[Wailer]

The squad shown in the beginning of the pilot episode of Emergency (Squad 10?) had a platter with a Federal C5G mechanical siren on it. The siren sound that was dubbed in for that truck was a recording of a B&M S8.

 

[ccrowley]

Yep! I was watching the pilot on TV last night (the reruns are back on our local station), it was the older model Dodge Squad 110 that had a platter with mechanical siren It also had the side-facing Do-Ray lollipop and a white beehive identification light above that! I also visited the LaCoFD Fire Museum on Saturday, didn't see any platters but I did get to sit in Squad 51 and Engine 51!

 

[southpaw]

Here is one with the side mounted Do-Ray

 

[ccrowley]

I love it! That's exactly what I'd love to find for my collection, or at least recreate from the individual Dietz/Grote lights

 

[southpaw]

I would think the museum is always looking for volunteers.. Great way to learn and network

 

[Nolines]

Yep! I was watching the pilot on TV last night (the reruns are back on our local station), it was the older model Dodge Squad 110 that had a platter with mechanical siren It also had the side-facing Do-Ray lollipop and a white beehive identification light above that! I also visited the LaCoFD Fire Museum on Saturday, didn't see any platters but I did get to sit in Squad 51 and Engine 51!

But where's the original crown engine 51, is it hiding in the background that you didn't photograph??

 

[ccrowley]

Got you covered there!

 

[ccrowley]

The Twinsonic CTS while we are on the subject of Squad 51

 

[Wailer]

The Crown Firecoach is equipped with a Federal PA20 electronic siren (c. mid 1960s). The siren sound that was dubbed in for that truck is a recording of a B&M S8 mechanical siren. The early Crown Firecoaches did come equipped with S8s, and some of them are seen in Emergency.

The PA20 sound was dubbed in for Squad 51, and it is a recording of the siren running in 'manual' mode. It is the same siren sound used for Adam-12.

The preserved Squad 51 is equipped with a PA20A series 2E (c. 1970s). It does not sound anything like the siren used for the TV show. I have one just like it and I also have a mid-1960s PA20. Each siren has a different circuit board.

 

[nick7542]

The Twinsonic CTS while we are on the subject of Squad 51

Hi:anyone know the height of the metal base of the marker light on squad 51.

 

[nick7542]

A second pic

 

[shues]

Hi:anyone know the height of the metal base of the marker light on squad 51.

@ERIC6913 has a reproduction based on the dimensions from @6043ron. Look here: https://elightbars.org/forums/threads/my-federal-signal-cts-l-a-county-fire-paramedic-spec.7063/