Reno911
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Time again for a vintage lightbar restore! Got two Twinsonics to do, so I'll lump them into the same thread. First one is a standard Twinsonic. Second one is a 12F. Needs probably twice as much work than the first. Needs more too. See if I'll get it for christmas
Excuse the unorganized garage, and the blurry photos...
My dad took a pic of the standard 12 back when it was on a car. Dad painted a donated low mileage 77 Thunderbird for the Sheriff's office back in the 90s. I can tell that the bar we have came off the car due to the same mounting feet! Would be cool to find that car...
Dual 100w sirens
Code 3 lense adapted to fit the bar. I kinda figure that this bar and the other one had red lenses originally. Josephine County had Code 3 bars on their cars in the early 80's (we have one!).
Going to have to make a new wiring harness
The tools that got the job done
Shows promise!
One side I went over with steel 0000 steel wool
Before and after
Motor gone over. I later cleaned up the gear.
Washed the frame with a bristle brush and Wesley's Blech-Wite. It got most of the dirt and knocked out a bunch of the grease, but some lacquer thinner got the rest of the grease off.
Before a going over with 3M Perfect-It #2 Machine Polish by hand...
After and next to the other side
And I hand buffed one of the siren cones.
That's all for now. Tomorrow I repaint the black base plates and siren speaker tray/mounts, soak the chains in lacquer thinner, wet sand the two red domes I have (going with all red for the time being), take apart the gear cage for cleaning and possible repaint, and finish cleaning the rotator assemblies.
opcorn:
I post so many pics to give you guys an idea of my techniques and to show what the bar was like before the finished product. Might just help someone with their bar in the future
Stay tuned!
Excuse the unorganized garage, and the blurry photos...
My dad took a pic of the standard 12 back when it was on a car. Dad painted a donated low mileage 77 Thunderbird for the Sheriff's office back in the 90s. I can tell that the bar we have came off the car due to the same mounting feet! Would be cool to find that car...
Dual 100w sirens
Code 3 lense adapted to fit the bar. I kinda figure that this bar and the other one had red lenses originally. Josephine County had Code 3 bars on their cars in the early 80's (we have one!).
Going to have to make a new wiring harness
The tools that got the job done
Shows promise!
One side I went over with steel 0000 steel wool
Before and after
Motor gone over. I later cleaned up the gear.
Washed the frame with a bristle brush and Wesley's Blech-Wite. It got most of the dirt and knocked out a bunch of the grease, but some lacquer thinner got the rest of the grease off.
Before a going over with 3M Perfect-It #2 Machine Polish by hand...
After and next to the other side
And I hand buffed one of the siren cones.
That's all for now. Tomorrow I repaint the black base plates and siren speaker tray/mounts, soak the chains in lacquer thinner, wet sand the two red domes I have (going with all red for the time being), take apart the gear cage for cleaning and possible repaint, and finish cleaning the rotator assemblies.
opcorn:
I post so many pics to give you guys an idea of my techniques and to show what the bar was like before the finished product. Might just help someone with their bar in the future
Stay tuned!