This is how they turned out
Originally uploaded by The Put-Man.
MY NEW HORNS ARE HERE!
MY NEW HORNS ARE HERE!
Remember the scene in the movie "The Jerk" when Steve Martin runs down the street excaiming "The New Phone Books Are Here! The New Phone Books Are Here!"
This is how I feel about these horns!
So, yesterday, as soon as I posted about how frustrated I was with not being able to find an old-style set of horns, a set gets delived by the U.S. Mail.
God Bless Dale Crandall who sent me a set of genuine FIAMM "Electropnuematic" air horns! Mount, compressor, hoses, and two metal trumpets. They look to be a million years old, with appropriate crust...and, MAN, ARE THEY PERFECT!
So...you ask...do I have a plan?
Of course!
It may not be a GOOD plan, but it's MINE!
The plan is thus:
Both horn trumpets will be mounted on the vertical wall next to the radiator just behind the area where the new-style horns were - approximately matching the stock mounting position in my old '74 and '72 Spiders.
The larger one above the shorter one, parallel to the deck, facing the passenger side. The interior of the grill area has been freshly painted a nice "satin" black, and the grill a nice "accent" silver, so these blue horns should be NICELY visible inside there! The compressor and it's mount were also painted, and due to a lack of room under the hood, that assembley will be ALSO be mounted abd clearly visible in the grill area. It will go on the passenger side.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leeputmanjr/856515268/
Now...as long as I've properly figured out the wires to use from the original horns...AND as long as "modifying" the car to use a stock "old-style" steering wheel and horn button didn't screw anything up...it'll all work out fabulously, yes?
Ha! RIGHT!
I'll end up with a damn under-the-dash toggle switch...
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