My girlfriend wants me to install a dukes of hazard horn. I have found a few air compressor based ones online at ebay and at amazon. Anyone have any experience with these? How is the reliability and sound quality? Pictures and links are always appreciated. Thanks, Rob
Go to any car show. Chances are if there is a 68-9 charger there is a 50% chance they will have one. I have some friends with these, they seem to work and sound good.
I have. Most seem to not like their setup or recommend the horn they have. They cite air compressor failures, bad hoses, off key, plastic that falls apart, etc... Was hoping one of the smart folks on this forum had found a good one.
Years ago (more than I care to admit) I bought the cheap set from JC Whitney. They were OK -- just OK. You get what you pay for.
Yeah. I had a set of those as well. Plastic and played off tune. After a year or two under the hood of my old ford, the plastic horns and hosing fell apart...probably from the heat. I had a set of metal ones on an old Camaro decades ago and those lasted forever and sounded great. Would love to find those or something similar again.
I'd like to have one of these... http://www.ebay.com/itm/NATHAN-AIRCHIME-K6-TRAIN-HORN-TURNKEY-AIR-SYSTEM-ON-CUSTOM-MOUNT-BRACKETS-/350875662936?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item51b1d1ba58&vxp=mtr
Dig around at swap meets for the long, dual horns from 30s-40s cars. They may look rough, but I've only found 1 that wouldn't work. I never pay over $10. usually around $5-7. Clean the contacts and fiddle with the adjusting screws and they come to life. Running these on 12 v gives a BLAST. I am running 2 pair on my truck and it is PLENTY loud. Plus I don't have to tap into my air ride tank and bleed off my pressure.
And for Dixie... http://www.ebay.com/itm/5X-125DB-12...Parts_Accessories&hash=item51b5a5655a&vxp=mtr By the way, CMT is showing a Dukes marathon tomorrow at 5pm.
Auto Horns Hello , my name is Nate and I'm a Horn-o-holic . Resurrecting old horns is dead simple : as Russ mentioned , burnish the contact points therin and then connect a test light and s l o w l y turn the adjuster screw until the light goes out then *barely* turn it until the light *just* cmes on and it should be good to go . If it sounds awful and off tune when you toot it, rejoice ! you have 1/2 of a nice pair of horns , go find another one that also sounds terrible , once you toot two awful sounding horns at the same time , the harmonics blend to produce wonderful music ~ you have to try this to believe it . Many late 1940's Chrysler products have long trumpet horns on the radiator support rods ~ give them a try . Also 1950's vintage Pontiacs sound great if not overly loud . Disc horns , snail horns , motor driven horns , I have dozens of not hundreds and I love 'em all . My poor Son never , EVER toots his horn , not even when in traffic to prevent a collision , he hates my love of horns . Of course he was glad to see me pluck the 1914 Maxwell horn (ah-OO-gah typ) out of his junk box , it's now riding the handlebars of one of my old Honda CT90K2's .
I have a bin full of big tooters. I have 2 pair on my truck. They will make people jump and pay attention. I need a real oogah horn, as I have the cheap growler on my truck right now. I also have an old alarm bell from a 70s security system, sounds like a school bell, reminicent of the old "city bells". And a wolf whistle, of course, and a siren.
The air horns with the little compressor do not put out that much air, the horns should be hooked to an storage tank to get the full volume they can put out. Some day I'll get to hooking up a tank on my set.
Air Horns FWIW ; The longer the trumpet , the better any horn sounds IMO . I may take a big jump to - morrow, stay tuned .
You can't beat Grover "Stutter Tone" horns... most often used on fire trucks. Gotta love that sound!! Damon
