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Model 20 Question

Mon Mar 20, 2017 12:34 pm

While looking around youtube at the few recordings we have of them, I had a few questions.

1. Why do some Model 20s have 5 lovures like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEDdWTOCBDE
but some only have 4 like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEGE9ELflwc ?
2.Are there any recordings of a 9/12 or 10/12 model 20 anywhere?
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Re: Model 20 Question

Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:21 pm

The only Model 20 I have reference to looks more like an oversized Model 5. The dual head Fedelcode was introduced in 1929 but nothing I have on hand suggests it was 20 horsepower. Its design changed over the years with the later 1950s version being dual tone 9-12.

A recording of a 9-12 dual head Fedelcode can be found here:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlkrGj7otfA

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Re: Model 20 Question

Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:28 pm

SuperBanshee wrote:
Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:21 pm
The only Model 20 I have reference to looks more like an oversized Model 5. The dual head Fedelcode was introduced in 1929 but nothing I have on hand suggests it was 20 horsepower. Its design changed over the years with the later 1950s version being dual tone 9-12.

A recording of a 9-12 dual head Fedelcode can be found here:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlkrGj7otfA
May I see that reference?
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Re: Model 20 Question

Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:40 pm

The Model 20 could not have lasted very long as it is no longer mentioned by 1942.
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Re: Model 20 Question

Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:45 pm

SuperBanshee wrote:
Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:40 pm
The Model 20 could not have lasted very long as it is no longer mentioned by 1942.

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Where did you get that if I may ask? I wanna see more. :P
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Re: Model 20 Question

Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:50 pm

Valtonus wrote:
Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:45 pm
SuperBanshee wrote:
Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:40 pm
The Model 20 could not have lasted very long as it is no longer mentioned by 1942.

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Where did you get that if I may ask? I wanna see more. :P
Just a guess (correct me if I am wrong) but I think that advertisement was being sold on eBay and SuperBanshee bought it. Or he found it while researching somewhere.
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Re: Model 20 Question

Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:58 pm

That particular advertisement came from eBay. I don't recall how much it cost but it was fairly cheap despite being such a rare piece. I've only seen one other copy of it and that was back in 2008. There was another advertisement mentioned or posted on the old pre-2006 forum but I cannot find it.

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Re: Model 20 Question

Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:40 pm

Thats pretty cool, didn't know they were ever shaped like that. I also have another question, does anyone have the picture of the fedelcode in farmland, indiana after it fell down? I cant seem to find it anywhere.
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Re: Model 20 Question

Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:49 am

SuperBanshee wrote:
Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:21 pm
The only Model 20 I have reference to looks more like an oversized Model 5. The dual head Fedelcode was introduced in 1929 but nothing I have on hand suggests it was 20 horsepower. Its design changed over the years with the later 1950s version being dual tone 9-12.

A recording of a 9-12 dual head Fedelcode can be found here:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlkrGj7otfA
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Re: Model 20 Question

Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:33 pm

The Farmland, IN siren:

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I don't have the photos of it after it smashed but its innards looked identical to this siren:
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