I finally got my hands on a Thunderbolt!!

[tony991]

I just bought a Thunderbolt 1000 220v 3 phase from a crane company that removed it from St Johnsbury VT 5 years ago. I'll have to get a phase converter someday. They said it was from the St Johnsbury fire dept but I can't find any photos of it. I found it in the list of CD funds here. https://thesirenboard.com/forums/viewto ... fense+list
Does any one have any photos of it while it was up or know where the exact location was?

[nvanw27]

That's a really nice bolt! That's also a nice Subaru Outback in one of the photos lol. Is this a 1000T? Also, do you have any plans of ever using it as a storm siren?

[Brendan W]

Now that is killer man! Excellent save. I tried madly to look for it ages ago but never did find it.

[tony991]

Thanks!! It's a 1000. I'm just going to restore it and it'll be part of my collection. I have over 70 sirens at the moment! Big and small. Someday I should take photos of all of them and share on here.

The Subaru was sandwiched in between two trucks last year during a snow storm. It was a great car! We bought another one for my wife to replace it.

[nvanw27]

they really are good cars. My 2000 Forester gave out 3 years ago and my 2006 Forester is quite nice as well.

[Model L]

Subaru's older boxer engines had bad issues with the head gasket failing. the newer ones (2006 on i belive) dont.

[nvanw27]

Subaru's older boxer engines had bad issues with the head gasket failing. the newer ones (2006 on i belive) dont.

This is still getting a bit off-topic, but they still used them up until @2007. If my 2006 wasn't a turbo, I would have to go through the financial woes of getting my third head gasket replaced (my 2000's blew TWICE, once at 100,000 miles and once at 104,000)

[Duderocks5539]

Looks like it has a 5M blower! That thing will be loud AF!!!

[tony991]

Can anyone tell me how much HP the chopper motor, the rotator motor and the blower motor have? I need to know to buy a phase converter. I read 1/3hp for the rotator - just want to double check though.

[jacob585]

Can anyone tell me how much HP the chopper motor, the rotator motor and the blower motor have? I need to know to buy a phase converter. I read 1/3hp for the rotator - just want to double check though.

I do not know what the HP is but I'm pretty sure you either need 240v or 120v for the chopper motor correct me if im wrong.