I just bought a Thunderbolt 1000 220v 3 phase from a crane company that removed it from St Johnsbury VT 5 years ago. I'll have to get a phase converter someday. They said it was from the St Johnsbury fire dept but I can't find any photos of it. I found it in the list of CD funds here. https://thesirenboard.com/forums/viewto ... fense+list
Does any one have any photos of it while it was up or know where the exact location was?
I finally got my hands on a Thunderbolt!!
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nvanw27
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Re: I finally got my hands on a Thunderbolt!!
That's a really nice bolt! That's also a nice Subaru Outback in one of the photos lol. Is this a 1000T? Also, do you have any plans of ever using it as a storm siren?
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Re: I finally got my hands on a Thunderbolt!!
Now that is killer man! Excellent save. I tried madly to look for it ages ago but never did find it.
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1950 Model A, 1979 AF Timer, 30 something ID tags, some other odds and ends
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Re: I finally got my hands on a Thunderbolt!!
Thanks!! It's a 1000. I'm just going to restore it and it'll be part of my collection. I have over 70 sirens at the moment! Big and small. Someday I should take photos of all of them and share on here.
The Subaru was sandwiched in between two trucks last year during a snow storm. It was a great car! We bought another one for my wife to replace it.
The Subaru was sandwiched in between two trucks last year during a snow storm. It was a great car! We bought another one for my wife to replace it.
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nvanw27
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Re: I finally got my hands on a Thunderbolt!!
they really are good cars. My 2000 Forester gave out 3 years ago and my 2006 Forester is quite nice as well.
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Re: I finally got my hands on a Thunderbolt!!
Subaru's older boxer engines had bad issues with the head gasket failing. the newer ones (2006 on i belive) dont.
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Re: I finally got my hands on a Thunderbolt!!
This is still getting a bit off-topic, but they still used them up until @2007. If my 2006 wasn't a turbo, I would have to go through the financial woes of getting my third head gasket replaced (my 2000's blew TWICE, once at 100,000 miles and once at 104,000)
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Re: I finally got my hands on a Thunderbolt!!
Looks like it has a 5M blower! That thing will be loud AF!!!
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Re: I finally got my hands on a Thunderbolt!!
Can anyone tell me how much HP the chopper motor, the rotator motor and the blower motor have? I need to know to buy a phase converter. I read 1/3hp for the rotator - just want to double check though.
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Re: I finally got my hands on a Thunderbolt!!
I do not know what the HP is but I'm pretty sure you either need 240v or 120v for the chopper motor correct me if im wrong.
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