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Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:38 am

Justin wrote:Wow. That's all I can think of right now is just... wow.



You took the words right out of my mouth Justin,looking at those photos,I'm beside myself,looking at those 7t's less housing, wow! It's a shame that probably 85% to 90% of that stuff will probably never see service again.....

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Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:46 am

Wow that is an amazing array of sirens. I like the Darley (the Model 5 knockoff with the horns on the side). Does he have a website or a price list so I can window shop?


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Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:49 am

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Brendan Ahern wrote:Im really surprised nobody figured out why that mod is painted that way....its a roll of lifesavers!! That smashed up 2001 is interesting too, looks like someone ran into the pole.
The "ROY G. BIV" Modulator. It is possible that someone ordered this siren like this from Federal Signal and it had never been installed.
The mod is not a factory paint job, I was told a local paint shop painted it.
If it was a factory job, the siren would still have the FS logo's on it.
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Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:11 am

Brendan Ahern wrote:Im really surprised nobody figured out why that mod is painted that way....its a roll of lifesavers!! That smashed up 2001 is interesting too, looks like someone ran into the pole.
Not the same one where someone did knock a 2001 over with their car trying to escape police?

Someone did a good job of panel-beating that horn if it is.

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Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:57 am

wow how tall is that Modulator? must be like 10-12 feet?
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Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:04 pm

Brendan Ahern wrote:Im really surprised nobody figured out why that mod is painted that way....its a roll of lifesavers!! That smashed up 2001 is interesting too, looks like someone ran into the pole.
I believe that maybe the 2001 from Canton Twp. I can remember hearing that someone who was driving with a .13 blood alcohol level, ran off Cherry Hill Road, at Beck and nailed the siren at that location. I am sure that his insurance company is just going to love him to no end for replacing that unit. The pole totaled his car out.

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Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:07 pm

Excellent photos! I even love the older Model 500. I wonder if it is single or dual tone?

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Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:25 am

Excellent photos! I even love the older Model 500. I wonder if it is single or dual tone?
Most likely dual-tone, and 240/480 three-phase. Single-tone 500s are quite rare, and 10/12-ratio ones even rarer still.
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I'm depressed and drooling.
But hope many will get good homes and TLC.

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Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:11 pm

I contacted them for a couple siren models and the price for a thunderbolt 1003 is $2,500

That is a awful lot of money for an old siren isn't it? I doubt any FD would pay that much for an old unit when they can get a new unit for a few hundred more (3V8/ 3V8-H).
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