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Thunderbolt in South Texas found

Sun Feb 12, 2017 9:01 pm

Feb 11, 2017. We just found an old, but working, Thunderbolt siren in Lagarto, Tx! No fiberglass horn here, guys. This one is rusty and all metal. It's at the Lagarto, Tx volunteer fire department. Lagarto is probably 18 miles south of Orange Grove, tx. Lagarto is mostly farms and fields, it seems. Very rural. You gotta drive through scary roads with dead brush and hardly no houses nearby. Must be scary after sundown. But when you get to the firehouse, that siren is a real sight! Must be only 15 feet high on its pole. Took plenty of pics but can't upload now.

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Re: Thunderbolt in South Texas found

Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:57 pm

Looks familiar. I believe someone has posted a pic of this siren on the board before maybe?
https://goo.gl/maps/qN4r4TNdJT82

I guess I don't understand what you mean by this...
No fiberglass horn here, guys. This one is rusty and all metal
Was there ever a Thunderbolt with a fiberglass horn?? No.
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Re: Thunderbolt in South Texas found

Wed Feb 15, 2017 2:15 am

Yea I second that I've never seen any fiberglass part on any thunderbolt. Ever. Even the molded rotator wheels where the belt is doesn't even appear to be fiberglass... back ot but that is a LOOOOOW thunderbolt...
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Re: Thunderbolt in South Texas found

Sat Feb 18, 2017 2:13 am

Who here is being an absolute <insert word here> about it? All I was doing is pointing out that I've never seen a fiberglass horn (or any fiberglass part that I can recall for that matter) on a thunderbolt. Wasn't trying to upset anyone.
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Re: Thunderbolt in South Texas found

Sat Feb 18, 2017 6:16 pm

Who here is being an absolute <insert word here> about it? All I was doing is pointing out that I've never seen a fiberglass horn (or any fiberglass part that I can recall for that matter) on a thunderbolt. Wasn't trying to upset anyone.
Nobody posted anything after your last post. It looks like you are calling yourself an "<insert word here>"
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Re: Thunderbolt in South Texas found

Sun Feb 19, 2017 1:03 am

CDV777-1 wrote:
Sat Feb 18, 2017 6:16 pm
Who here is being an absolute <insert word here> about it? All I was doing is pointing out that I've never seen a fiberglass horn (or any fiberglass part that I can recall for that matter) on a thunderbolt. Wasn't trying to upset anyone.
Nobody posted anything after your last post. It looks like you are calling yourself an "<insert word here>"
Someone else posted, but the post has since been deleted.
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Re: Thunderbolt in South Texas found

Sun Feb 19, 2017 5:42 am

:| look I don't want to be the reason this topic gets locked and it's already pretty derailed... yes Tyler is right there was a response before. That's who I was replying to. Point is there was a low and cool thunderbolt found and i don't think any of us know of a fiberglass thunderbolt part.
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Re: Thunderbolt in South Texas found

Tue Feb 21, 2017 12:04 am

If anything I'll be the reason it's locked and I really don't care, both you and CDV had a snarky response to jump on him about it and it really wasn't necessary. Yeah, okay, no fiberglass on a Thunderbolt, but do we really need *everyone* pointing out the obvious and being a smartass about it? Put some new information on the board for once instead of getting on people's case for stupid things.
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Re: Thunderbolt in South Texas found

Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:55 am

Umm.. I didn't think fiberglass on a thunderbolt was possible but you learn something new every day!

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Re: Thunderbolt in South Texas found

Wed Feb 22, 2017 6:24 pm

Storm_master wrote:
Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:55 am
Umm.. I didn't think fiberglass on a thunderbolt was possible but you learn something new every day!
What are you talking about? Thunderbolts are all metal, no fiber in sight.
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