Pagoda SL Group
W113 Pagoda SL Group => Electrical and Instruments => Topic started by: ctaylor738 on July 03, 2013, 14:12:24
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Working on a 1965 euro 230, with a very odd part in the engine compartment. At first I thought it was an aftermarket fuel filter, but then I noticed that it had the remnants of electrical connections. It turns out that it is a FIAMM Roadmaster compressor for an air horn setup. The hose fits over the nipple and runs to the horns, and the red fitting is where a special oil is added. There is a very official-looking hole in the radio plate that I suspect was for a button to activate the compressor and honk the horn.
High-end stuff, used on Ferraris and Porsches back in the day.
What I found most interesting is the bracket. That is a serious piece and makes me think that there was an install kit for the 113 unless someone went to a lot of trouble for this particular car.
Cheers,
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Chuck,
could that be option code 452: Two-tone horn ?
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There were two-tone "fanfare" style Bosch horns; my guess is they would have been the installed option, probably not an Italian version...while I don't read German they sure look electric (not air) to me!
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Michael,
that makes sense - probably code 452 was one of these Bosch two-tone horns.
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I found a "town horn for France" (one can only imagine what sound it might make) in the EPC, but that was definitely electric as well.
Happy 4th!
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Here are typical Ferrari FIAMM horns from the 1960s that were powered by the compressor in the first post. The ones pictured were two different tones and could not be ignored - they were painful to hear.
Tom Kizer
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My Pagoda has had a set of Maserati air horns fitted since I bought it 16 years ago. LOUD! They look old enough but does anyone know if they're period?
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They certainly look period correct for the 1960s to me. The color of the horns varied, even from year to year and from body style to body style. Here`s a photo from my ex-car. The color is the color I found after stripping 40 years of paint and undercoating layer by layer. It is period correct, but so are many others, including yours - all garish!
Tom Kizer
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What I found most interesting is the bracket. That is a serious piece and makes me think that there was an install kit for the 113 unless someone went to a lot of trouble for this particular car.
The FIAMM "install kit" ends with the U-shaped bracket surrounding the compressor. The rest is purpose built and looks like something I might have done back in the day.