Horn Blasters, UT

We haven't had a good ol' fashion horn blasting demonstration in quite some time, since Florida I believe. After visiting John's Salvage back in TX, I was able to trade out some rather meek 12v Sparton horns out of a '64 Ford Galaxie for a pair of 6 volt Delco's out of a 1950 Chevy.

By Dallas I had everything installed and working, and by NM the final tweeks made. So now, the Fantastic Falcon sports a total of 10 horns, six 12-volt snails and four 6-volt trumpets that really wake the dead hooked to 12 volt.

So, without further ado, a brief demonstration of each set, cumulatively...



Go ahead, PLEASE pull out in front of me. I invite you.

So much for these guys spending hundreds, nah-- actually thousands, for authentic Nathan locomotive horns and air compressors to push them for their jacked-up pickup trucks (often the same ones you see with testes dangling from the rear bumper.) All you really need is some under-rated and over-voltaged 6 volt units out of virtually any vehicle produced prior to the early 1950's, and they'll match nearly any train. If you don't want to startle an entire municipality,  anyway.

So, at this point  I finally declare the horn project to be complete.  Or-- well, that is until I can locate something even more rare and discerning for my collection. I understand old bus and heavy truck horns from the same period to be pretty sweet...

Some kids just never grow up.

1.) Ford factory horn - hi/lo tone
2.) Optional 12 volt quad horns out of a Buick Park Avenue / Cadillac of 1980's/early 1990's vintage. 4 separare tones, but stil 12v so fairly quiet, but cheap and very easy to come by. A great first step for would-be hornblasters. Nate Stefanowojiwecieski, tell your daddy to get you some of these for your quad. Nah, better yet, bug Uncle Chuck until he relents.
3.) Autolite HT-4011 and HT-4012 (hi/lo, 6 volt) out of Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth/DeSoto products late 1930's to late 1940's vintage.
4.) Delco 643 and 644 (hi/lo, 6 volt) out of GM products late 1940's to early 1950's vintage.

***Author not responsible for electrical shorts, sparks, shocks, fires, explosions or accidental death due to improper wiring, installation, or blasting of subject horns. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.