Howdy folks. I love the sound of the K5LA and K3LA, but I don’t want to add the extra weight and take up space in my car to install the additional components required to drive these air horns. Does anyone make (or would it be possible to DIY build) an electric equivalent of the K5LA using 5 12 volt automotive horns? Obviously, the notes would have to be 311, 370, 415, 494, and 622 Hz or octaves of those notes. I’m not looking for something like an amplified PA speaker that plays an MP3 but instead dedicated electric horns. Thanks!
Go looking around in junkyards for old cadillacs. They all had horns tuned to sound like a train, typically having 3 or 4 of them. I have no clue how to tune an electric car horn but that would be your best start.
what woog said, The Old Cadillacs and Buicks have a Four Note horn system in them that sounds like a freight train, without compressed air. Look in the Buick Park Avenues or Cadillac Fleetwood Broughams or Devils for the four horn setup. The years are from the 50’s 60’s 70’s 80’s and 90’s Cadillacs had those horns. I have a set out of a 1990 Cadillac Devil in my truck and another set, Same Delco Remy type of horns out of a Buick Park avenue.
Welcome to the forum. Many years ago, my neighbor had a Buick Riviera with those horns.
I bought those horns and put them on my truck, it’s close to the sound, but now I’m currently installing k3la system as we speak…if that tells you anything. You’ll be let down most likely, but it may just be what your looking for. I got them on eBay.
This is an old post but I just saw this!
^^^ Is that horn electric?
theres a topic about this over at horn&whislte
http://www.hornwhistleboard.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7914&hilit=
More of a post about bells. I want to know who makes this thing, what it looks like, and what voltage it is. It would be an easier install than air that’s for sure.
thats a perfect reason to join there forum and ask. A lot of them are long time collectors and know more about trains then most of us combined over here.
I’ve been a membor for years but lost my account stuff. i have since rejoined. I found another video on Denver’s Light Rail there seems to be the same horn! So cool they went with the K5LA sound!
Welcome. I refer the hornwhistleboard too for technical horn questions.