Found this light at a garage sale... is it an old cop car light?

I bought this light a while back at a garage sale. Is it an old cop car light? It is 6 volt, and works great when hooked up to a 6 volt power supply. Its pretty cool, but have no idea what I'm gonna do with it yet!

 

how much did you pay for it

 

Does it make a difference how much that they paid for it as to whether or not it is an old cop car light??? Hmmm.

It LOOKS like one! Maybe Google the name of the company and the model number? Nice find!!!

 

Not sure what it was used for, but it is ass kickin, very cool metal I.D. on it. Could have been for any emergency type vehicle. IMO value, up to about $50.00, my 2 cents. ~Sololobo~

 

Cost was a 5 dollar bill! I couldn't pass it up for that!

 

I think it's a gumball dispenser. Look for a slot to put a nickel in.

(great find! patent number dates from the early 50s?)

 

Looks like the kinda light that Kojac would throw up on the dash when racing to a crime scene. Or maybe it is what would get put on the roof of an unmarked car, possibly missing the magnetic base? Cool find!

 

Cool find looks like old cop light.....

 

some towns could afford the chrome version?

 

Federal is a sure nuff supplier of emergency lights even today. I think there is a mounting base assembly missing. Paint a 64 moredoor Galaxie black & white, slap that on top and call Barney Fife

 

Thats what I was thinking... it must be missing the bottom of the base to mount it on the car.

 

Thats awesome! Thanks for the pic!

 

Heres' one with the full monty package including the barney siren.

 

Be careful not to stare into it for more than five seconds.

 

With the white base, possibly for or from an ambulance?

 

SWEET... love that sedan delivery... Have thought about building mine as a fire department car...

 

yup, fire and police light. Thats one on the front left of my rig.
The other big one was Mars..they were the ones that occilated in a figure eight. I have one of those on the back.
Good find...

 

WOW

 

Man, these pics are great! Thanks for sharing.

 

Put it in yer bedroom and have fun with the misses playing cop's and robbers.


Sorry i couldn't resist.

 

I may know a guy who might be interested in it. He collects vintage Federal signal equip.

 

As mentioned, they go by the name Federal Signal nowadays, and still make lights for police cars and ambulances, among other things. http://www.federalsignal.com/

 

what is the model number?

 

looking at the base of the light, the way it is shaped points to an ambulance.

 

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, verdana, arial, helvetica]Federal Beacon Ray
Model 17
1956 to 1962

One for sale here:
http://www.dcaptain.com/beaconraylights.html
For $225

You might want to try www.elightbars.org
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My very first experence with a flashing red light was a speeding ticket right here in Anderson,South Carolina on Whitehall road,,,ticket was $17.50,,all the money in the world

At that time the police cars and motorcycles,fire trucks and ambulance all used red lights,,,early 60's,, HRP

 

Indiana state police used very similar beacons till the late 70's. These lights in good condition bring good money!!

 

Merlin you are sick man.. But not a bad idea...

 

we had same looking lights on all our emergency vehicles at gm. nice find and should be worth whatever you think is worth.

 

Obviously, I thought so, too, as that is the only thing I kept from my late ambulance - the "Beacon Ray" ID tag off the light...

Cosmo