paddlenbike
06-06-2011, 07:49 AM
I have always been a fan of the horns Cadillac used on their Fleetwood Broughams, those 35-foot long barges they made up through the early 1990s. Wanting a piece of the Cadillac action I did some research and quickly learned online that GM sources their horns from Delco-Remy, who makes electric horns in a variety of different notes. I do quite literally mean tuned notes like you learned about in music class and subsequently forgot. Most Cadillacs have two horns, but some models could be ordered with an optional trumpet horn package that added two more. Most of the land barges I found at my local junkyard had two horns consisting of one D note and one F note. Rather than learn about all of the different models of Cadillac, I simply looked for the biggest car I could find, which ended up being a full-tilt Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham de'Elegance Regency Landau Signature Series that happened to have the esteemed trumpet horn package. This car was fully 3-feet longer than the huge Chevrolet Caprice next to it.
Four Cadillac horns, two puny Toyota horns:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YcvgZ0tYtSE/TezkR5AD2MI/AAAAAAAAFtg/oxBtK1AsoyU/s640/IMG_3682.JPG
No more "meep meep" for me. I mounted two next to the battery on either side of the daytime running light relay and two behind the grill in existing threaded holes in the radiator support. Each one is larger than two Toyota horns and there are four of these bad boys, so heavier gauge wiring and a relay setup is absolutely required.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fYjhASJsP4U/TezkSUcSnGI/AAAAAAAAFts/sL3Wuc3Fib4/s640/IMG_3687.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wVdwlGy-noY/TezkSWGeSGI/AAAAAAAAFtk/A0ufv3YVdlg/s640/IMG_3691.JPG
Rather than blast you (no pun intended) with my opinions on this horn, I will simply let you hear them for yourself. In the video below you a hear (and see) a Cadillac with an unmodified trumpet horn package. The combined A, C, D and F notes play a melody of train goodness that is a perfect complement to a Fleetwood Brougham or your 4runner. I can confirm that cows like it too.
It's a Truck, It's a Train, It's a Cadillac Eldorado! 1985 Biarritz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3e5BCE9zFI#ws)
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Four Cadillac horns, two puny Toyota horns:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YcvgZ0tYtSE/TezkR5AD2MI/AAAAAAAAFtg/oxBtK1AsoyU/s640/IMG_3682.JPG
No more "meep meep" for me. I mounted two next to the battery on either side of the daytime running light relay and two behind the grill in existing threaded holes in the radiator support. Each one is larger than two Toyota horns and there are four of these bad boys, so heavier gauge wiring and a relay setup is absolutely required.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fYjhASJsP4U/TezkSUcSnGI/AAAAAAAAFts/sL3Wuc3Fib4/s640/IMG_3687.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wVdwlGy-noY/TezkSWGeSGI/AAAAAAAAFtk/A0ufv3YVdlg/s640/IMG_3691.JPG
Rather than blast you (no pun intended) with my opinions on this horn, I will simply let you hear them for yourself. In the video below you a hear (and see) a Cadillac with an unmodified trumpet horn package. The combined A, C, D and F notes play a melody of train goodness that is a perfect complement to a Fleetwood Brougham or your 4runner. I can confirm that cows like it too.
It's a Truck, It's a Train, It's a Cadillac Eldorado! 1985 Biarritz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3e5BCE9zFI#ws)
Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone