any advice on horns?
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From: Folsom CA
any advice on horns?
Couldn't figure out how to ask that question without getting a dozen smart ath replies... LOL
I have a 73. Just took out the original radiator and had it recored, but while it's out, figured it was the right time to do some cleaning and detailing and replacing since the hood is off.
One of my pet peeves of 73s is the cow horn. I seem to remember that year GM decided to save $2 on every car and only put the low note horn on instead of a low note horn AND a high note horn.
Seems like sometime in the 80s GM/Chevrolet started offering a "dual note" horn. I've never seen one, and I guessed it was ONE horn. Seems that would be ideal since there would only be one horn to replace one horn (easier since there's only one wire and one bolt to mount it).
Any advice on what to use to replace my cow horn?
I have a 73. Just took out the original radiator and had it recored, but while it's out, figured it was the right time to do some cleaning and detailing and replacing since the hood is off.
One of my pet peeves of 73s is the cow horn. I seem to remember that year GM decided to save $2 on every car and only put the low note horn on instead of a low note horn AND a high note horn.
Seems like sometime in the 80s GM/Chevrolet started offering a "dual note" horn. I've never seen one, and I guessed it was ONE horn. Seems that would be ideal since there would only be one horn to replace one horn (easier since there's only one wire and one bolt to mount it).
Any advice on what to use to replace my cow horn?
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From: Fairview Heights Illinois, near Saint Louis MO, STL C3 Shark
I thought the "dual note" horns were actually two horns. One with a high pitch and one lower. On my 68 chevy truck I went to a junkyard and got ONLY the high pitch horn just to be different. Mine came of a 1980 suburban. A couple of bucks at a salvage yard. It was funny because the exhaust was very HEALTHY but then my horn was very wimpy!!!!
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From: I KNOW JESUS... HE'S MY GARDENER
My car ('74) has THREE horns. According to another member, this was a factory option. I replaced one of the horns with a "Highway Blaster" from AutoZone. Now when I beep, the blue-hairs soil their Depends...
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From: Folsom CA
Originally Posted by SkunkApe
My car ('74) has THREE horns. According to another member, this was a factory option. I replaced one of the horns with a "Highway Blaster" from AutoZone. Now when I beep, the blue-hairs soil their Depends...
I also found several references on internet searches about RPO U08 Dual Note Electric Horn (not plural), but haven't figured out what cars they were available in.
The Highway Blaster sounds like more fun though :-)
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From: Valencia (near LA) CA
I bought a couple freeway blaster horns at PepBoys. They are loud..but no where near as loud as some of the luxry imports - Lexus, Mercedes.
Where I live stop signs are optional, right turn on red = right of way.
I feel like a target in the Corvette!!!
I may go through a junk yard with a battery and try some different horns out
A horn serves many purposses:
1. it should warn
2. it somestime needs to rebuke
3. and as a bonus it should also cause the offender to soil there pants.
I don't use the horn for a gentle reminder... such as when the guy (usually a woman) in front of you doesn't notice the green light... in those cases I just rev the engine
~Jay
Where I live stop signs are optional, right turn on red = right of way.
I feel like a target in the Corvette!!!
I may go through a junk yard with a battery and try some different horns out
A horn serves many purposses:
1. it should warn
2. it somestime needs to rebuke
3. and as a bonus it should also cause the offender to soil there pants.
I don't use the horn for a gentle reminder... such as when the guy (usually a woman) in front of you doesn't notice the green light... in those cases I just rev the engine
~Jay
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I've seen the horn listings in the Doc Rebuild catalog as "A note", "F note", "D note", and "C note". I know I have two separate horn in my 68 (both high in the nose, between the headlight actuators). I assumed that each horn has a certain tone. I never took any music classes, but maybe A, C, D, F refer to the musical note?
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