Open wheel guys, what kind of horns are you running on your cars? looking for ideas... Old bike horns, stockers? I bought this old deco EA one on Epay and while I think it's absolutely gorgeous, I didn't realize just how big it was until it arrived on my doorstep. 7" in diameter... Unfortunately, I think it demands a little too much space to be used on my car. Wish it was about 5"...
That's a pretty SOB for a visible horn. Hid mine under the p***enger side floorboard and attached to the crossmember under the front of Model A seats. HId them because they ain't pretty, but you can hear them when they work like a 72 Caprice dual horn. Worthless w/o pics here on me.
I mounted mine to the grille shell mount. The horn is a tiny (@3") cheapy motorcycle horn (like 12 bucks) and has a little bracket that I just bent to a 90 deg. It does stand out if you are looking.. I may paint it black to make it disappear.
I think I put 1 bid on that exact horn! I'm going with a ahooga horn under the p***enger floor board. Cut up an old late 30's brake light & license plate bracket to make a bracket for the horn. Still need to wire it in, started on the repo harness today.
Couldn't find anything that looked cool so I stuck one of these on the ****** crossmember...works ok under there.
Same here..the pic's a little dark, but you get the idea. The horn works great. Here's what I've been doing...when I built the car, I just just hooked up some very generic stuff (horn, tailights, steering wheel, air cleaner, etc.) & then when something special comes along, I buy it & replace the generic piece. So far, I've replaced the air cleaner & steering wheel, but I'm still searching for the right tailights & horn. That 7" job is nice...hmmm...
I put a reproduction 12 volt '48 Harley Davidson springer horn on my roadster. I mounted it to the firewall on the p***enger side near the bottom.
used a repro aaoogah on my 32 chevy. bolted to frame under drivers seat. figure if they can't hear the rumble need a "noise" to wake them!
I was hoping to do this with the EA or maybe mount it on the firewall, but at 7" I think it will just be visually distracting. It would probably look great on a firetruck... I think I'll hunt down an early bike horn of some sort. Trying to stay away from repop stuff for this car. Any other ideas?
I always liked the two-tone sound of the horns on my '57 Chevy, so I'm putting them in the 'legs' of the K member on our '32.
u shouldn't need a relay, maybe 15 amp fuse. old harley davidson is the way to go the older the better. i am using a freebe 1968 hidden under floor
ford ranger horns, cheap easy to find, plenty loud. Paint em flat black and mount them low so they kinda disappear (yeah I changed the pic)
the wifes falcon got these LOL... I like a loud horn, specially on a quiet car. Nothing like watching someone come unhinged when you sneak up on them from behind and lay into the horns.
I really have to watch myself so I don't junk up the roadster. I debated a long time before mounting the little horn but I think it kinda adds something. Now looking again I'm not sure. What do you think?
I been using a HD Springer horn on the cars we build. They are designed to hang out front on the scooter so they should hold up under a coupe or roadster!
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