tony991
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Federal Model 2 Restoration

Sat Aug 31, 2013 7:39 pm

This is the restoration of my Federal Sign and Signal Model 2 air raid siren. I bought it for $100. I don't know what year it is. If anyone has any questions about the restoration just ask, I'll try to answer them the best I can. I'll eventually post videos of it running..
This is how it originally looked...
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I wire wheeled the housing. I'm on budget so sandblasting wasn't really an option.
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I primed and painted the housing. I used Rustoleum Sunburst yellow. It matches my Civil Defense survey meters very well. I also got (2) 3" Civil Defense decals for it that are on each side. I wish I was able to clean up the ID plate but I don't wanna ruin it.
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I took apart the siren. It came apart fairly easily. I had to use an impact gun on the legs. I cleaned it up, primed and painted all the parts. I used gloss smoke gray and gloss black. The bearings were in good shape so I just repacked them.
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Put the legs back together..
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This is what it looks like now.. I used all new hardware
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The siren with the intake cone. I still have to weld up the holes and paint it. I'll post pictures when I'm done with it.
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Here's the siren next to the housing.
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Re: Federal Model 2 Restoration

Sat Aug 31, 2013 9:52 pm

Looks awesome!

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Re: Federal Model 2 Restoration

Sun Sep 01, 2013 1:00 am

holler wrote:Looks awesome!
Agreed. The 1st pic w/Sunburst Yellow took my breath away.

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Re: Federal Model 2 Restoration

Sun Sep 01, 2013 1:51 am

Federal Sign & Signal indicates anywhere from 1956-1990
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Re: Federal Model 2 Restoration

Sun Sep 01, 2013 2:03 am

Jared H wrote:Federal Sign & Signal indicates anywhere from 1956-1990
No. FS&S changed to Federal Signal in 1976.

The most definite way on finding out what year your siren was made is probably to contact Federal and ask.
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