Turns out my ambulance was not the only one with air horns. I was watching "Mother, Jugs, & Speed" last evening and noticed on Mother's Chevy ambulance a airhorn mounted on the roof. Get that thing off there.....
Another ambulance with air horns....
- Thread starter Richard Vyse
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So Richard: What became of YOUR detested trumpets? Hopefully preserved for the future owner?
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Yes they are. I was giving them to Russ in Michigan but refrained and decided to keep them with the rig in case a future owner decided to reinstall them. All at the recommendation of a Paul Steinberg! :cheers:
O.B. Streeper and the Illiniois Rescue Institute
OB rolled into Ontario back in 79 teaching his very practical and simple approach to extrication...air chisels, hand powered hydraulic speaders, comealongs and cribbing. That plus some chains and a 13 inch flat screwdriver would get you into and the patient out of just about any wreck Murphy's Law could arrange.
He had no time for the fancy new jaws of life etc.... and was full of tips like how to make a wool army blanket fireproof so you could protect the patient during the cutting and pulling...
What was also impressive and relevant to the post is his rescue rig.... he had twin Train airhorns on the roof of the cab that were longer than the cab was deep.... what a sound!!
OB rolled into Ontario back in 79 teaching his very practical and simple approach to extrication...air chisels, hand powered hydraulic speaders, comealongs and cribbing. That plus some chains and a 13 inch flat screwdriver would get you into and the patient out of just about any wreck Murphy's Law could arrange.
He had no time for the fancy new jaws of life etc.... and was full of tips like how to make a wool army blanket fireproof so you could protect the patient during the cutting and pulling...
What was also impressive and relevant to the post is his rescue rig.... he had twin Train airhorns on the roof of the cab that were longer than the cab was deep.... what a sound!!
Mike McDonald
PCS Member
Train horns
"Real" Train Horns take a LOT of Air Capacity and Recovery. Single fender mounted (l-o-n-g) airhorns or dual ones like Richard had on his Lifeliner were very common out West on Fire Dept owned Ambulances and not so much otherwise. The 1954 Henney-Packard we are restoring has 36" Long Single One of the RF Fender..... purchased new by the Fallbrook Fire Dept in San Diego County (CA)
"Real" Train Horns take a LOT of Air Capacity and Recovery. Single fender mounted (l-o-n-g) airhorns or dual ones like Richard had on his Lifeliner were very common out West on Fire Dept owned Ambulances and not so much otherwise. The 1954 Henney-Packard we are restoring has 36" Long Single One of the RF Fender..... purchased new by the Fallbrook Fire Dept in San Diego County (CA)
Along with this topic: When I was still pumping gas back in the early 70's in Louisville Ky a guy came in for a fillup.
He was driving a Caddy Coupe deVille as I recall on which was mounted on the hood two of the biggest Air Horns I've ever seen. They ran the whole lenght of the hood. I asked the obvious question and he explained he was a retired towboat captain on the rivers and wanted to keep a reminder of his working days. I asked him for a toot and he declined saying he'd already been warned too many times by the fuzz. When I asked how he rigged it he opened up the trunk to show two huge air tanks...one for each horn. He had to fill the tanks up from a home air compressor.
I still wish he'd given me a long blow...
He was driving a Caddy Coupe deVille as I recall on which was mounted on the hood two of the biggest Air Horns I've ever seen. They ran the whole lenght of the hood. I asked the obvious question and he explained he was a retired towboat captain on the rivers and wanted to keep a reminder of his working days. I asked him for a toot and he declined saying he'd already been warned too many times by the fuzz. When I asked how he rigged it he opened up the trunk to show two huge air tanks...one for each horn. He had to fill the tanks up from a home air compressor.
I still wish he'd given me a long blow...
I do hope to put them back one some day Richard...... Hint Hint..... First dibs!!!!
I suggest two things you do.........One ...... get in line. Two.. Join the PCS, because Richard has told me that if and when he decides to sell it, it will only be sold to another PCS Member..:thumbsup:
Rick Franklin
PCS Member
Along with this topic: When I was still pumping gas back in the early 70's in Louisville Ky a guy came in for a fillup.
He was driving a Caddy Coupe deVille as I recall on which was mounted on the hood two of the biggest Air Horns I've ever seen. They ran the whole lenght of the hood. I asked the obvious question and he explained he was a retired towboat captain on the rivers and wanted to keep a reminder of his working days. I asked him for a toot and he declined saying he'd already been warned too many times by the fuzz. When I asked how he rigged it he opened up the trunk to show two huge air tanks...one for each horn. He had to fill the tanks up from a home air compressor.
I still wish he'd given me a long blow...
Im leaving this one alone!