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Frankenbeacon or just plain heresy, you decide on this video I just found.
I think that bar was done by some one on here
Correct, that is DefianceEngineCompany
The question is, did I do a neat thing, or am I guilty of making a Frankenstein?
Agreed. Plus, it can't be Frankensteined until it's wired in and you apply power. Until then, [spooky voice]it's not alive[/spooky voice].Nope, just a rad modification . Frankenstein is mixing parts from something else.
(Read with Scottish brogue)Not sure if this qualifies...
Looks like it was done in very good taste and workmanship. A friend of mine years ago who engaged in roadside assistance had bought an old Sears van for that purpose. He came up with a decent TwinSonic that was all amber. He wanted the bar to be red/blue, with blue to the front and red to the rear since he couldn't run red forward here in TX. At my suggestion he bought a pair of red and blue TS domes and took them to a local plastics manufacturer. They were able to cut the red and blue domes in half and then rejoin them with blue on one side and red on the other; and they did an excellent job, which gave my friend a lot of nice compliments.So I did a modification. I received this, about a year ago, with about 8" of the wires hanging out the end. The filter was an 1/8" thick, somewhat flexible, strip of amber poly material that was 47" long. It was scuffed really bad. It had two magnets to mount it to a vehicle roof. Based on numbers on the amber filter, I am estimating its age at 30 years. I cut the arrows off the ends of the amber filter. Then I got some acrylic sheets and cut some strips to fit. It's not wired in yet...I'm gutting the interior and gonna run all my wires nice and neat when I put in the new interior. The question is, did I do a neat thing, or am I guilty of making a Frankenstein?
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I had to look twice at this one to see what it is. Appears to be a 184 that has been canabalized and refitted with that custom base. The base reminds me of an ambulance that a friend in Lubbock had back in the '70s. It was a '61 lwb Superior/Pontiac ambulance that he bought from the long-since-gone Gold Star Ambulance in Clovis, NM. The ambulance came with twin Dietz two-lamp beacons mounted on the front corners of the roof. Because of the extremely sloping roof, they were outfitted with special contour bases much like the one seen on the light above. The car also had a clear-domed Dietz "hill light" center-rear and a center-mounted Q up front. Now, to all of this he added: twin blue Dietz lollipops between the Q and front beacons; red and blue FB1 Fireball lights over the rear door; a Federal 77GB "doubletone" siren on the rt. fender, and a Federal Director siren with the speaker on the left fender. Fortunately, the old beast came with twin batteries and a high-output alternator.This even looks like a Frankenstein.
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Well when I die, the next guy is gonna be upset that most of the wires are not color coded.Naaaah, it looks too professional...
Ha actually a silver bullet (type a) full of water, a silver bullet full of foam, and two Dry Chem ABC's. All are full sized.It may not get you points, but I would recommend that you keep a 5# dry powder extinguisher handy at all times!