lotsofbars
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Vintage Frankenstein-ed lights, beacons and light bars.
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nypd-hire
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Stampeed Valkyrie
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I just P/U a twinsonic with asset tags from Hillsboro NJ that someone took the rotators out and put in Streethawk rotators. What makes it unique is that they mounted them on aluminum from a stop sign and bolted them to the frame...
What the hell is that????????? Does it even work.
Wigwam700
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77 Ford Ltd DPS car used in the Movie, "The Lone Wolf McQuade". These are actually Franken lights as pointed out by another member on a previous post. They are Federal 14s with 17 domes.
tsquale
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They did the same thing in the movie 'A Perfect World', which was supposed to be set in the early to mid 1960s. Near the end a bunch of patrol cars show up with single bubble top beacons. They were new 14s with 17 domes.
http://youtu.be/dkM-narQXxY
converted xl9000 from all sealed beam lamps to two rotating strobes with inboard sealed beams
converted xl9000 from all sealed beam lamps to two rotating strobes with inboard sealed beams
JohnMarcson
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A page back there is a post on this project completed...
feel better stansdds, certainly throws out a nice warning signal
lol
its natural instinct to pull over when you have to throw up
figured it works better then lights and sirens
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its natural instinct to pull over when you have to throw up
figured it works better then lights and sirens
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Wigwam700
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You are certainly correct, they would have to be 11's, even my description of these lights was a Frankenstein!
dmathieu
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I think the correct way to describe it is a Model 11, singular, not plural. A complete twin Beacon Ray is a Model 11, like a TwinSonic is a Model 12.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
This is a bar I made with 2 Jr beacon rays internals are code3's LSS222 led beacons and the center Mars 888 with an able2 Ultra led par36 light. Bar itself is a new FS bar with mounting feet from a vista lightbar. Guess this would qualify as a Frankenstein-ed light bar. The last photo the mars still had the sealed beam inside. 
where's the video?This is a bar I made with 2 Jr beacon rays internals are code3's LSS222 led beacons and the center Mars 888 with an able2 Ultra led par36 light. Bar itself is a new FS bar with mounting feet from a vista lightbar. Guess this would qualify as a Frankenstein-ed light bar. The last photo the mars still had the sealed beam inside.0819070238.jpg
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Unlisted, I'd have to go on a hunt, I believe it's on my old computer that's not working with me currently. Sorry, if I find it I'll edit my post with a video.
Wigwam700
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Dan, you are most probably correct about the complete models, but I never mentioned models. However if you take one of the beacons off the twin bar and put it on a rock, it is still a Federal Beacon Ray Model 11, and the remaining beacon on the bar would also be an 11. It would be like a cyclops as apposed to a twin.
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Ohhh, that qualifies as a Frankenbeacon-bar combo.This is a bar I made with 2 Jr beacon rays internals are code3's LSS222 led beacons and the center Mars 888 with an able2 Ultra led par36 light. Bar itself is a new FS bar with mounting feet from a vista lightbar. Guess this would qualify as a Frankenstein-ed light bar. The last photo the mars still had the sealed beam inside.0819070238.jpg0819070248.jpg1013214435 - Copy.jpg0614063632.jpg
The whole set up looks great. The only thing I don't like is someone modifying a good junior! (or a pair, in this case).This is a bar I made with 2 Jr beacon rays internals are code3's LSS222 led beacons and the center Mars 888 with an able2 Ultra led par36 light. Bar itself is a new FS bar with mounting feet from a vista lightbar. Guess this would qualify as a Frankenstein-ed light bar. The last photo the mars still had the sealed beam inside.0819070238.jpg0819070248.jpg1013214435 - Copy.jpg0614063632.jpg
Well Skip, one beacon motor stopped working which gave me the idea. Bought a second to replace the first until I could find an LED beacon to actually fit. Once code 3 came out with the LSS222 the mind was set, I gutted the second and still have the guts in a box on the shelf. That's how this bar came about, just because one motor gave up. BTW I never give up an idea, write it down, draw it up, then if funds and means finally gets created. :crazy: B)
I guess you missed a post I made about Juniors somewhere on this board a while back. The Junior were notorious for having a small plastic gear go out. It was always assumed that the motor was gone, when it was just that plastic gear. I actually did the same thing. Didn't scrap the whole light, just removed that big 1019 bulb and put it in an old Mars DL8 light...the forerunner of the 888. Thirty years later I found out that John Dorgan found a source for those gears. Don't know how many poor little Juniors got scrapped because of that damned gear!
nypd-hire
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It does work. But it's a stupid idea. Since when does an Edge bar need rotators?
Wigwam700
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Yes Frankensteins too!
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JennyCop
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Love love love it!!!! Old with a modern twist.This is a bar I made with 2 Jr beacon rays internals are code3's LSS222 led beacons and the center Mars 888 with an able2 Ultra led par36 light. Bar itself is a new FS bar with mounting feet from a vista lightbar. Guess this would qualify as a Frankenstein-ed light bar. The last photo the mars still had the sealed beam inside.0819070238.jpg0819070248.jpg1013214435 - Copy.jpg0614063632.jpg
CrownVic97
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So.......the seller recognizes the Unity beacon pan and rotator assembly yet failed to realize that it's NOT an actual Tripp Lite beacon? Okay then...... :weird:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-unique-Tripp-Lite-Unity-Beacon-Light-12-volt-/171527072305?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27efcf6a31
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-unique-Tripp-Lite-Unity-Beacon-Light-12-volt-/171527072305?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27efcf6a31
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Maxim2Eng
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In old car restoration terms, it's called a "resto-mod"...modifications that bring the best of modern technology (like disk brakes) but can be "un-done" back to stock with a turn on the wrench--or screw driver.
As the owner of 3 mod 15s, it's a very cool setup!
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JennyCop
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found this surfing the web today. Check out the description.
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lotsofbars
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dmathieu
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I've seen these before, and think it was really offered, but with an alternating flasher, but you're right, he's way off base.
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894
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These lights WERE offered. A small municipality near me had these on their DPW trucks wayyyyy back when. They were just as Dan described w/ a #537 under the base. I even think they may have been in the J.C. Whitney catalog back then but don't quote me on that... Once again, I'll have to do some diggin' for the old literature. These are/were REAL folks! The poor narrator is just clueless, that's all. There were no domes on these...they were mounted just as you see it.
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The only things legitimate in this picture are the skirt and the toggle bolts.
Maybe that was their answer to the Federal 044s or the old "M" lights.
JohnMarcson
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You are correct. There are three of four types of these "lollipops on a _________ " type lights that were sold in auto parts catalogs. They didn't have outer domes and had between one and six automotive/tractor style lollipops powered with a thermal flasher.
As noted, the description in the initial listing is not even close to what this actually is.
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dmathieu
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Home made Signal Stat version used by Grafton, Ma PD in the late 1950s, early 1960s Chief;s and Sergeant's personal cars. 2 sided blue/red.
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JennyCop
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Yikes! Kind of reminds me of the very first beacon I bought off of eBay. This was before pictures were common on eBay, so I bought it based on the description. It was a Federal 17, but someone had drilled extra holes in the 17 skirt, put the dome on top of the 17 skirt, then used what looks like either the top half of a 17-A housing or a cut down 17 skirt to make a dome retaining band, then it was all painted black. Well, at least the guts of that 17 were intact.
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