Three Horns???????
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Three Horns???????
While working on my new to me 1976 coupe I found a third horn mounted in the left rear adjacent to the antenna. Its connected via the standard wiring harness. Anyone else have three horns???
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The only thing I am aware of that would call for a third horn is for a car alarm, but my understanding is that the horn is in one of the front fenders. A previous owner could have done it. That is all I know, sorry it's not more.
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You are correct sir........
Now. Does it still work? Put your door key in that weird key lock in the left front fender & turn to the right with a door open or your hood up......... Hear anything?....
Now. Does it still work? Put your door key in that weird key lock in the left front fender & turn to the right with a door open or your hood up......... Hear anything?....
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Sounds like that fender might of been replaced.............
Try this: Look inside behind the left-front fender & see if you have two loose wires doing nothing. One should be orange & the other red. These went to the switch in the fender......
Try this: Look inside behind the left-front fender & see if you have two loose wires doing nothing. One should be orange & the other red. These went to the switch in the fender......
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My black book shows that the alarm activator wasn't moved from the driver-side fender to the driver-side door lock until VIN # 7373 of the '77 model year.......
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I should of thought that it also could of been glassed over too....
That original switch location was a kind of a sore spot back in '76. It's ugly. Nobody liked it. And it gets alot of attention at car shows. The single most asked question I get is "what is that key lock in your front fender for"........
That original switch location was a kind of a sore spot back in '76. It's ugly. Nobody liked it. And it gets alot of attention at car shows. The single most asked question I get is "what is that key lock in your front fender for"........
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My 76 has two horns in the front, both for the steering wheel horn. if i remember correctly they are two different notes (not kidding, its in the manual) both in front, and, I have one in back by the antenna. The back one is for the alarm.
3 horns is stock for the 76
3 horns is stock for the 76
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Mine did this once. Lucky for me it was just the wire had fallen off....
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I should of thought that it also could of been glassed over too....
That original switch location was a kind of a sore spot back in '76. It's ugly. Nobody liked it. And it gets alot of attention at car shows. The single most asked question I get is "what is that key lock in your front fender for"........
That original switch location was a kind of a sore spot back in '76. It's ugly. Nobody liked it. And it gets alot of attention at car shows. The single most asked question I get is "what is that key lock in your front fender for"........
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I can go you one better - I have four! The pair of horns that make the dual note sound when you push the horn button, a third horn mounted just under the radiator support and when I had the nose off the car, I found a fourth horn hiding up in the very front, driver's side fender 