We have been doing a lot of tinkering and poking lately, but wanted to find a horn to put in with the new wiring.

After going a few rounds online, we remembered that my wife's D*dge lawn truck had an old horn in it. We went and looked last night and discovered this beast.

Pulled it out and tested it, but it was completely silent. We really like the look, so we tore it down, cleaned the contacts, resoldered the cracked joint, and adjusted everything.

We out it back together and it made noise, but sounded awful. A couple adjustments later and it sounds perfect for a 50s truck.

Once it functioned, we stripped it to bare metal and painted it. Once that dries we will be ready to put it in with the wiring.

Small steps.
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Stripping
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Paint 1
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Horn
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Bracket
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