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ACA P-15 Restoration (Lots of pics)

Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 6:03 pm
by Stormsetter4
So as a few of you guys know, I am starting to restore my P-15. The plan is the have it completly restored, and mounted on an old Jet-ski trailer. It is a work in progress, so I will post new pictures every once in a while. So without further adue, here are the pictures so far:

Siren when I got it from Cory:
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Restoration in its current state:

Painting the horn:
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Rotation table:
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Removing the heaviest hunk of metal ever:
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CD sticker design I'm going to use:
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ACA Logo I'm going to use: (Big thanks to Coop866 for the design)
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That's all for now!

Re: ACA P-15 Restoration (Lots of pics)

Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:13 pm
by Allenorgan42099
What are the dimensions of the fiberglass horn on a P-1X like that? Is it bigger than a Model 2 housing, or not?

Re: ACA P-15 Restoration (Lots of pics)

Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 10:45 pm
by Stormsetter4
Here is the siren as of tonight. I finally got the bottom fiberglass shroud off of the turntable which was a royal PITA. But I got it out and cleaned off the grease which seemed to be unscrubbable. Anyways, here are the pics:

Collector ring wires:
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Turntable and bearing:
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Siren motor in comparison to my golf cart:
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Fiberglass shroud that I am about to do some bondo work on:
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Chain being ultrasonically cleaned:
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My bench covered in tools, on the left is the collector ring box for the siren, on the right is a Siratrol:
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Collector ring needs some work:
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Horn and intake:
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That's it for now!

Re: ACA P-15 Restoration (Lots of pics)

Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:40 pm
by estokke09
Glad it went to another good home and is getting the care it deserves! Keep us updated!

Re: ACA P-15 Restoration (Lots of pics)

Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:48 pm
by Stormsetter4
estokke09 wrote:Glad it went to another good home and is getting the care it deserves! Keep us updated!
Thanks! I will keep you guys updated.

Re: ACA P-15 Restoration (Lots of pics)

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:22 am
by coop866
Looking very good! I'm glad my logo is finally going to use. I could find a single logo so I just decided to make my own based on a picture of the logo from a brochure.

Re: ACA P-15 Restoration (Lots of pics)

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 3:45 am
by Allenorgan42099
TurbopropPilot wrote:
Allenorgan42099 wrote:What are the dimensions of the fiberglass horn on a P-1X like that? Is it bigger than a Model 2 housing, or not?
The P-15s horn is about 38 inches in diameter. Depending on what you're measuring on the model 2, you could probably fit 2 1/2 housings from the 2 inside the P-15.
Is the horn of a P-10 the same size as that of a P-15? If not, how big is it?

Re: ACA P-15 Restoration (Lots of pics)

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 3:56 am
by Stormsetter4
TurbopropPilot wrote:
Allenorgan42099 wrote:What are the dimensions of the fiberglass horn on a P-1X like that? Is it bigger than a Model 2 housing, or not?
The P-15s horn is about 38 inches in diameter. Depending on what you're measuring on the model 2, you could probably fit 2 1/2 housings from the 2 inside the P-15.
Yeah, a P-15 housing is pretty chunky.

Re: ACA P-15 Restoration (Lots of pics)

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:32 am
by coop866
What did you do to prep it for paint?

Re: ACA P-15 Restoration (Lots of pics)

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:37 am
by Stormsetter4
Light sanding and primer.