Whelen 6000 series bar...
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Awesome, too bad it's cracked. Still it's the best condition I've ever seen one in... actually I've never seen one with a dome at all.
Find of the year!
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Find of the year!
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If you do not mind my asking, where did you get it? Just curious since that is such an awesome find!
Fantastic! There was a thread started a while back that, I believe, gave some history about this bar. Anybody remember it?
Dan
Dan
Finally, the long extinct and uber rare 6000 bird decides to make an appearance! It looks just like the one I had back in the early 90s, as it has the same clear/hazy dome and interior setup with the inner par 46 strobes and the outer helix strobes with the colored domes over them. Those outer plastic domes were flexible and could be flexed and twisted a bit, unlike regular lexan domes. It was probably to allow them to be realigned properly in the frame track after reinstalling them when they had been removed, but they were paper thin and cracked easily.
Wow! I haven't seen one of those since somewhere around 1980. That was Welen's first enclosed lightbar. The one piece dome was a problem as it faded and cracked. That is a great find!
We had those in solid blue mounted on our MP cruisers (Ford Mavericks and Chevy Citations) at Ft. Polk, La. back in..... well.... "the day" 
This bar is one of the long lost Worcester, MA Police bars. It has the number "34" hand painted on the back. The previous owner used it on his plow truck, but saved all the original red & blue blubs/parts. The dome looks like it will clear up and I presume I will have to live with the cracks.
i need to go look in a secret warehouse there may be some NOS domes as reported by the owner of said storage location
I took the cover off today. It has a Whelen SA-170 speaker. The speaker, along with all four par 46 strobes are dated JUL 1976.
I replaced all the amber with original or NOS blue. Also gave it a quick bath, nothing fancy just yet, but it went a long way;
Matt C. said:We had those in solid blue mounted on our MP cruisers (Ford Mavericks and Chevy Citations) at Ft. Polk, La. back in..... well.... "the day"
So I didn't hallucinate MP Mavericks back in the Dark Ages. The guys told me that could either ride with a partner, or a shotgun, but not both - the dash mount put them diagonally across the passenger's side because the headroom was so low. The ones at Fort Nameless had Yankees and Twinsonics IIRC, both stuck out either side considerably.
Keep an eye out for another red par 46 strobe tube. Worcester's bars were delivered with 2 blue to the front, and 2 red to the rear. That thing will look great when you're done.
Dan
Dan
Tbourg93 said:
What have you hidden in your sleeve to beat that? Stakes are pretty high, I'd say...
A NOS chicago mars bar?
Well both are pretty rare but you cant really find a 6000 bartoon80 said:What have you hidden in your sleeve to beat that? Stakes are pretty high, I'd say...
A NOS chicago mars bar?
There is at least one more 6000 in existence because I've seen it, and it's not the one I used to have. It's still mounted on the truck, which is junked out and sitting in a pasture, and over half of the solid red dome is missing. The fellow told me he didn't want to deal with the time and effort of taking it off and he wouldn't allow anyone to do it for him either.
I'll bet there is someone out there who has a bunch of them, and probably has no idea what it's worth.
Phil awesome find...I must say that some of you have great luck finding stuff like that..btw that Boston Bar I got from you cleaned up well..I keep meaning to put up pics..
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I just saw today what appears to be a mini-version of that bar on a municipal tractor.
Same rounded side domes, with 2 strobes inside and a diamond mirror. If I recall, this mini model was quite frequent, no? Or is it another rare find waiting to happens?
I just saw today what appears to be a mini-version of that bar on a municipal tractor.
Same rounded side domes, with 2 strobes inside and a diamond mirror. If I recall, this mini model was quite frequent, no? Or is it another rare find waiting to happens?
I've also seen what appears to be a mini-6000, but it is not. I think they are Peterson 760 series mini-bars.
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That 6000 is a monumental find!! I remember when Worcester ran those, only time I ever remember seeing that bar and was too young to know what it was or who made it... only it was MUCH different than the TwinSonics, AeroDynics, CJ184's and such that were common on local and state cruisers when I was a kid.
I also like that Whelen setup you've got on the rear wall.... is that a 3338 combo with SA-390 siren speaker? LOVE to have that (with blue lenses on the strobes, of course) on my office wall....
I also like that Whelen setup you've got on the rear wall.... is that a 3338 combo with SA-390 siren speaker? LOVE to have that (with blue lenses on the strobes, of course) on my office wall....
Sarge619 said:That 6000 is a monumental find!! I remember when Worcester ran those, only time I ever remember seeing that bar and was too young to know what it was or who made it... only it was MUCH different than the TwinSonics, AeroDynics, CJ184's and such that were common on local and state cruisers when I was a kid.
I also like that Whelen setup you've got on the rear wall.... is that a 3338 combo with SA-390 siren speaker? LOVE to have that (with blue lenses on the strobes, of course) on my office wall....
You are welcome to come see it anytime you like...Its not too far.
Phil said:
Thanks! I'm sometimes down in your fine state visiting my favorite hobby shop... I may just take you up on it!
Mike