Re: OT: Chrysler air raid sirens

[Schuyler Wrobel <sky62@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I saw one at a local car show and took some pics, if anyone wants to see, let me know.

Schuyler Wrobel
artists & illustrator
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On Aug 5, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Dave64 wrote:

> Don Garlits has one of them in his Museum of Drag Racing in Florida - all restored.  Pretty impressive.
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> Dave
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> --- On Thu, 8/5/10, Jim Altemose <jaltemoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> From: Jim Altemose <jaltemoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: OT: Chrysler air raid sirens
>> To: "1962to1965mopars" <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010, 3:42 PM
>> 
>> After Jim Rowland mentioned the "Red Ram" engine, I was
>> poking around
>> on the Web and stumbled across the "Chrysler air raid
>> siren".  To this
>> day, it's the loudest siren ever made.
>> 
>> Built during the post-World War II Cold War era from
>> 1952-1957 by
>> Chrysler, its power plant contained a newly-designed
>> FirePower Hemi
>> V-8, 331 cubic inch 180 horsepower (130 kW) engine.
>> 
>> Its six horns, were each three feet long. The siren could
>> be heard
>> from a distance of 25 to 30 miles away and had an output of
>> 138 dB and
>> 30,000 watts. They were 12 feet (3.7 m) long, built atop a
>> quarter
>> section of a Dodge truck chassis rail, and weighed an
>> estimated three
>> tons.
>> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_air_raid_siren
>> 
>> Pretty cool.
>> 
>> - Jim
>> Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
>> '63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
>> '63 Polara 500 (383)
>> '65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
>> '71 Bronco
>> 
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