Anyone have an old siren that would fit a Model T Firetruck? I would settle for either hand cranked or 6V. I am building a 26 TT Firetruck and don't mind refinish or painting one. Just don't want a siren that is too beat up. Looked on ebay and most were either 12V or way over my price range. Thanks for any suggestions.
Fred
Did you check with these folks?
http://www.sirenman.com/
I bought a hand cranker for my 1915 and they are salty.
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Jim
I'll look at the one I have. If it is 6V we can talk. It'll be Monday. PM me if you don't hear from me, but I'll send myself a reminder.
chriso
I have a nice red six volt at a reasonable price. Private message me or pull up my e-mail address off my profile.
Thanks guys - those of you who may have one, please leave me a message how to contact you. The MTFCA web site doesn't exactly put me in touch with you. It's probably because I don't know how to do this.
Fred hand crankers are usually very pricey ($150-$500 is common). I got mine for $35 because it didn't work. Upon disassembly I found some worn out bushings and some missing bushings. It seems a previous owner tried it repair it by throwing away some of it's bushings.
After making a few replacements and carefully fitting and adjusting it works just fine. So I suggest finding a non-working but complete unit and fixing it. It is just a simple transmission... about 3 or 4 gears to step up the speed of the hand crank in spinning a drum. Makes a lot of noise and keeps passengers busy in parades.
Fred, I sent you a private message with my e-mail address.