some cool twinsonic pics and info inside..

ryan

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I received my oldest twinsonic to date this weekend. It was brought to my attention of a fire chief's car being sold off and it had some items they thought I would be interested in. I recived the item second hand and welp it was mounted on a 1968 Chevrolet Biscayne 4door.


This bar has the original first edition endcaps.


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this lightbar has the only cloth wiring I have ever seen.


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And it has the first generation speaker cover. the vents on this bar went vertical.


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1st and 2nd generations


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Some cool endcaps I got in with bars recently..


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And I got in 3 of these from a florida police department


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these are all 12's on passenger and 12X on drivers side.
 
Model 12 mirrors on the passenger side and 12X mirrors on the driver's side? Was that a factory option or a modification by the department?


And do I see a model 12FX end cap set? The X looks like it was stamped by hand. Again, factory or user modification?


TwinSonics are really neat and still my favorite.
 
biscayne is in a garage in a ff house.


12FX is factory


12/12X was factory ordered i have all three.
 
ryan said:
biscayne is in a garage in a ff house.

12FX is factory


12/12X was factory ordered i have all three.
Ok, so I know what a 12X is and a 12F, what was the 12FX? Oh, let me guess, 12X on one side, 12F on the other?
 
12FX came from my home town fire engine. I traded a mx7000 for it.


the 12/12x bars had 12 endcap and 12x endcap on them each.
 
That vertical louvered/vented first generation Twinsonic speaker cover is uber rare. Never seen one in my 30+ years of dealing with lights.
 
03crownvic said:
That vertical louvered/vented first generation Twinsonic speaker cover is uber rare. Never seen one in my 30+ years of dealing with lights.
That was the style pictured in early Federal bulletins and catalogs advertising the TwinSonic.
 
Ryan, are you starting a TwinSonic museum? Or maybe just create a repository for all TwinSonic information and trivia?
 
i already have the museum, I already have the website and now i should write a book.
 
Cool did not know that, i have a #12 with flashers like the bottom one in the pic with first gen caps and cover! SWEET!!!
 
towman88 said:
Cool did not know that, i have a #12 with flashers like the bottom one in the pic with first gen caps and cover! SWEET!!!


You have a 12F, maybe someone switched out endcaps.
 
ryan said:
You have a 12F, maybe someone switched out endcaps.

Well i still have some first gen caps and a cover! Going to have to find some 12F caps and one clear dome now. :D
 
first generation endcaps were all model 12. There were no options till 1970 when the X mirrors were introduced. From what I am gathering they used these endcaps with the 12 and electric F on them till late 70-early 71 when they changed to gen. 2
 

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