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Old 04-30-2022, 08:08 PM   #17
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Default Re: '36 Ford p/u horn

The gubbins are the same for all horns. Upon purchase, my '36 pickup horn didn't beep, so I bought a pair of '46, '47, '48 long-trumpet horn(s). EXACTLY the same. (cars have two horns, adjust them for your desired harmonic 'blare'.

Do the same for your '36 pickup; two horns. I did; bought a non-working '36-style

on line, for very little, and that's when I bought the '46,'7,'8 long-trumpet horn(s), online

and realized that the gubbins are all the same! (so now I had two working '36-style horns.

( while you're at it, disassemble the '36 horns. . . . . .

. . . . . to paint the faded 'elbow' with gloss-black or semi-gloss black INSIDE! the elbow tube, (and outside of course).

The inside of the elbow tube becomes rusty over the years from 'ingesting' incoming

rain through the screen,(Then the rusty rainwater flows out the elbow tube through

the screen thus 'staining' the screen and the chrome trumpet.

(the exact same screen is a common pattern found today at hdwe stores, I realized. So, cut a new screen out of your stock-screen purchase using the old screen as a pattern. The screen simply snaps in/snaps out.

Now, the chrome trumpet is spot-welded on in 3 spots. 'Remove' the spotwelds from the inside of the elbow tube, leaving the outside spotwelds in place. You will then realize that the chrome trumpet fits tight as a glove into the elbow tube. So, drill out the BOTTOM spotweld and replace with a teeny metal screw. (even if the metal screw would 'fall out' over the years, the tight-tight fit of the chrome trumpet into the elbow tube, would hold for years! EASY FIX. (no one knows the diff, the bottom metal screw is not seen.

( chrome your windshield surround. That & the two horns will set it apart from any other. You'll have people asking, "Is that a deluxe?) Mine was a rare FoMoCo dual-spare,w/orig chromed windshield surround(not rechromed) demonstrater(still on the road).
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