Reply To: Headlight reflectors

[William H. Rolapp]

Looking at the ‘shop manuals’ for both 1929 and 1930, you find the following:

Factory installs SOS in engine compartment with appropriate connection blocks.

If front horns are ordered the factory sends one or two additional horns, correct for that year. 1929 horns were used for both years, but a slightly different horn for 1930. A trumpet type used during last part of 1930 was also the standard for 1931.

These front horns came with new connector blocks replacing the regular ones found in the front of the vehicle.

Factory correct mountings did not hang the horns on the cross bracket, because the horns will droop. The parts section for the shop manuals identify special replacement brackets which hold the parking lights in place. Because the parking lights are different for 1929 and 1930 the brackets are also different. These allow the horn motors to hang BEHIND the parking lights and at a perfectly flat angle. I sent a 1929 bracket to Rick LeRoy for his car. Most PAS members have never observed this variation. When using more than one horn it is advisable to wire in a relay to each horn in order to reduce the heavy load on the horn switch.