replacement horns?

[Cosmic88]

This question probably won't start the debate of the century like some topics in the forum.... but I'd like a little feedback from the group on a horn I need to replace for my 66 IIA.

High tone or Low tone?

Shakespeare I am not.

[gudjeon]

I've always used a high tone. It sounds more friendly for that short "beep-beep" but very annoying to someone when they need a prolonged blast. I mounted mine inside the breakfast in front of the rad to maximize what its supposed to do.

[KevinNY]

I like the high tone as well. Makes for a friendly toot toot.

[Leslie]

I installed a pair of Hella horns, the Supertones. Louder than the original, but, not as loud as I expected; but having the two makes a lot of difference over one.

[Cosmic88]

I was thinking about some sort of Dukes of Hazzard / Rodney Dangerfield's Rolls in Caddyshack medley.

The original horn I just pulled out says "Clear Hooters - England" on the casing. Is that British humor?

[alaskajosh]

I installed a pair of Hella horns, the Supertones. Louder than the original, but, not as loud as I expected; but having the two makes a lot of difference over one.

I agree. I expected them to knock my socks off.. not quite but still really nice horns.

I agree that one of each covers a broader sound spectrum and is more likely to be heard in a variety of situations (highway, city).

Kind regards, Josh

[leafsprung]

the original horns are kinda lame. The name is great though. I like a 50-60s car horn from the junkyard. Most have a pretty nice clear, mid tone sound with a little more volume than the original. They also tend to be more durable. I like em to have a houndish voice . . . but thats me.

[Andrew IIA]

Timely thread: I just removed a dead "Clear Hooters" horn (seen here: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3588/...3c751332_o.jpg )from my '63 SIIA and order a 'Low Tone' as a replacement - I'll let you know how it goes.

Regards, Andrew

[jac04]

I have used the PIAA Sports horns on my daily drivers with great success. They are available in high tone pairs (500Hz & 600Hz) and low tone pairs (400Hz & 500Hz). The high tone pairs are available at www.bavauto.com.

[Tim Smith]

I've got a brand X air-horn and it seems to do the job.

Useful on the highway when you've got someone half asleep drifting into your lane. Only problem is, using these horns makes your lights go all dim and your wipers will slow down a bit but I figure it's worth it just for the expressions you get.

If you do go this route, make sure you place the compressor where it will not get wet (they are pretty cheap and the electric motors tend to cease) and do the extra wiring to hook it up off of a relay. You'd probably fry something if you didn't

[dmurrell]

Horn

I put the bizarre little air horn out of my Lancia parts car in my Series III - it has a separate compressor that takes 90 wt oil I think it is a Borletti.

Kind of a air horn version of the roadrunner. Might find one on eBay .....

[jp-]

I put Ongaro dual stainless yacht horns on the 88".

[TeriAnn]

I went high quality, low budget. I went to the wrecking yard, got a used relay then both horns off a Mercedes. $20 a little work and functional loud Mercedes horns. The relay assures they get full battery voltage. I think a fair amount of the LR horn weakness might be because our trucks were built before the British discovered relays

[Firemanshort]

I am like mosst others on the board here, my horn (should have been horns) was crumbly and non-functional when I got my truck. My Dad plays with MGs and he had a bitzer in the back yard that is now light a set of horns - both high and low note. I fabricated a tiny bracket and re-routed the original wires and now I go toot-toot, too!