1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

How are the bar restorations going?

 

Oh you know how to win a man’s heart over

Stand by

 

You go around showing your bars to everyone?

scum

 

This is the latest one, it’s a Code 3 MX7000 from the San Mateo PD. Polished the lenses up real good and replaced a seized motor for one of the spinners.





I keep trying to make this one work but it’s a bitch, it’s a Federal Signal Vector.



It’s a very unique and iconic design, but the Smart Pods that have the stepper motor doesn’t want to do the right thing at the right time. The middle pods can be front or rear work lights, intersection clearers, strobes, or alley lights. The left pod is stuck on left alley for some reason and I don’t know why.

It was also sitting in the sun for god knows how long so all the rotator mounting posts are cracked. Need to figure something out.

Las Vegas Metro PD and the NYPD use this bar.

 

@Wulf

Also here’s the 1960’s era Federal Signal siren unit I hooked Bluetooth up to. Something really funny about hearing COPS play off of it.

 

Man that sounds like quite the project. It is a really cool piece though. Haven't seen one like that in a long time

It must take a lot of patience to work with all the different electronics involved and get it all working together

 

You are the bad boy now

 

They’re actually very simple at the heart of it. It’s just 12v going to motors and lights at the right time. You can power any function of the bar by applying ground and 12v to any of the wires. It’s purely mechanical, no computer control.

The FedSig Vector on the other hand has an annoying PCB control board and other microcontrollers to make the SmartPods work.

The oldest one I have is a Code 3 XL 9000 I pulled off an ambulance in Vegas. It literally uses the landscaping light bulbs it’s so primitive. Factory Date code of 1986 I think.



It’s so prehistoric compared to the modern ones they use now. Everything is LED now with no moving parts.

 

Huh, don't think that I'd have thought about the lack of need any of the motors or reflectors that they used to

 

landscaping bulbs

 

It's funny how state of the art seems so out of touch after some time

 

any reasons why the smittybilt air compressors aren't as popular as the comparable viair ones? in the market for one for 33s

 

My buddies had issues with his lasting.

but he’s rough on everything and nothing lasts for him

 

You do that too? I've got the freezer door almost covered.

 

ive been playing too much halo


extreme warthog hall-crawlin

@Blackdawg can attest.

 

those poor bastards never saw it coming.

plus crawling on a tree is fun

 

Replace between both trucks

 

Morning

 

Up at 5am and i don't work until 4pm-midnight. Gonna need some caffeine for this late night joy of a shift.

Good morning otherwise lol