Cregg,
I had air horns on all three of my Fiat Spyders and at times I was amazed at
the respect one would get when using them. They can be mounted anywhere
under the hood, mine were always mounted on a fender well facing forward. I
had both metal and plastic versions and don't recall any difference between
the two. All of mine were of the two-horn variety and seemed very
sufficient. With all due respect to those who prefer sound effects to air
horns, when in a difficult situation I'd take the air horns anytime.
I have thought about putting a set of air horns on my TR but I'm maintaining
a British state of mind for the time being (I had Fiats for an awfully long
time). By the way, a PO of my 6 had mounted an old-fashioned ahooga horn
under the hood with an auxiliary button under the dash. The first thing I
did when I got the car was pull the ahooga horn.
Gary
'73
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cregg Cowan" <cowan@erg.sri.com>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 1:52 PM
Subject: seeking air horn recommendation
> I've been considering the addition of air horns as an alternative to my
> stock TR6 horns (to help deflect the
> cell-phone-talking-while-driving-HUGE-SUV type of problem...). But I know
> nothing about air horns --- are they all the same?
>
> Does anyone have good or bad experiences to share?
> Brands to seek or avoid?
> Hella air horns are plastic (at least the ones I found online). Is
plastic
> good?
> Suggested location for the air compressor and horns?
>
> TIA,
> Cregg Cowan
> 71 TR6
> Mountain View, Calif.
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