Question about wolf whistles?

Probably a odd question and I am aware they have been around for many years and have been used on hot rods and customs since the early days.

How do they work?,,where do you get the air to make them work?

How many of you have had one on your hot rod or custom during your misspent youth? HRP

 

Wolf Whistles are operated from the intake manifold..or any good source of vaccum..

 

Never had one, but used to sell them, they worked on vacuum via a line to the intake mainifold

 

They work off of the intake manifold vacuum. Just hook up a wire to pull on them and have fun!

 

So, they suck instead of blow! HRP

 

In past experience they have a power & ground and for small horns have a self contain air supply...

 

Yeah suction, they're a hoot, I have on my hot rod.

 

They make electric ones. Just hook to a hot wire with a button.

 

YES..They SUCK..literally...LOL

 

One came on a 62 harley dresser, that I bastardized in 68 into my first chopper

 

Not to change the subject BUT bought an old Willy's wagon from a rancher who used it to herd his cattle, you guessed it it had a lever operated horn that went Mooooooooooooooooooooo!

 

Yeah,,I've herd? them also.

I found a old brass steam whistle from a local cotton mill when I was ask to clean out a storage building and thought it would be fun if it could be adapted and made to work like the wolf whistles,,it sure would be loud! HRP

 

HRP..I've seen some of the old steam whistles used in the exhaust system...

 

If you find a used one that doesn't work don't panic. Remove the discs that get gummed up, clean and lubricate and it will work like new. I paid 15 bucks for mine, did the above service and it works like a champ. Like the Bermuda bells we thought that they were a little hokey when going fast was the big thing. I don't think I will mount mine on my 56 but I can see me putting it on my 34. I know I'm nuts but aside from the 40 bucks I like having an original from back in the day. I bought an original decal but it fell to pieces when I tried to install it.

 

I have one of them too. A bull horn but it is electric. One thing that I am not too fond of is the cable that gets draped across the engine on both types. You can hide the bull horn.

 

I never had one but will on my 40 truck, but a friend of mine would put it on every car he owned back in the late 60's early 70's. He would sell the car take it off and put it on the next one.Everything from a 301 55 Chevy, to 6 cyl comet and many in between and as stated worked off vacuum and a pull wire.

 

I have a couple of vintage ones. Both of them need a good cleaning. I remember they were fun BITD. Somewhere online, recently, I found a company that makes repro decals to replace those original decals that flake off. I'll see if I can find their website again.

 

That didn't take long. Here's the website offering the Wolf Whistle restoration decal ..........

http://www.coupecustoms.com/shop/wolf-whistle-restoration-decal/

 

Cool. HRP

 

I've got an electric one. It works fine but there is one problem. Whenever I see some dolly I would whistle at, I'm too busy trying to drive and check her out at the same time, I always forget to hit the switch.

 

somewhere in my messy shop I have the wolf whistle, siren and moo horn that were all on a car I bought a few years ago. I threw the flame thrower parts in the trash. car had about 500 lbs of accessories on it. some good, some goofy and some just stupid.

 

Our old Plymouth had a pair of vacume operated horns on it. Dad scrapped the car and kept the horns, I remember as a kid sucking up an insect trying to make them work.

 

How about the Chinese repops.................are the guts as high-quality as the originals were?

 

How about some pictures of these installed? I have an old one in a box someplace, but Ive never really paid much attention to them when Ive stumbled across cars that have them..

I mean, I know how they install, I guess Im hoping to find the shots of the smarty pants' that did it a little better/better looking than I probably would

 

That was my first "custom" accessory on my '50 Shoebox back in '62. Next was a fine set of scavenger pipes.

 

Just a cool photo. HRP

 

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Did any of you know that Fulton made a Wolf whistle that was brass and worked off the exhaust (it was connected to the exhaust pipe like a muffler)

 

SPEEDWAY also sells a cover for them so that doesn't happen.

 

I have a wolf whistle somewhere amongst my stuff. Son in law gave it
to me a few Christmases ago. I never did want to put it on because I
never found a place I wanted to locate it.....didn't want it sitting on
top of the engine. You have to put it where you can run the string to
make it work.

I also have an "oogah" horn, an old 6 volt siren, and an old horn like
from a 30s era car that has a different, smaller "beep" than newer
horns. Plus the pair of trumpet horns original to the car.

People do get a kick out of hearing them.