The lightbar was so bulky the CHP lost 2MPG . 00:44 As you can see Federal messed up by not putting any lamp between the speaker and rear passenger side. They could have used the 50/50 mirrors here for best signaling in the rear.
Very knowledgeable and you are right on point with the Arizona color change. AZDPS changed from cars issued with red and amber lights in 1983 to red and blue lights in 1984.
@@The718Motorpool Most of the smaller agencies had already moved to red and blue by then. Phoenix PD and Pima County SO had also run red and amber and changed to red and blue at some point in the mid 80s. Tucson PD just used red I believe until the late 80 when they added some blue.
San Diego hung onto those for years! Unfortunately, most of those probably got sold for scrap sometime during the mid to late 90s before they shot up in value.
Zach, do you happen to know what the gain of a steady burn red is? I have tried to get info on why that was introduced in CA but cant find anything. Any clue?
I actually want to do a video for that soon, problem is, I don’t have any California spec light bars in my collection, so chances are I am going to have to rely on archival footage
That video clip where the crown vic and the tank....now that was a cool clip of the Twinsonic
Love the content great history lesson brings back a lot of memories
i love these bars specially for the ecto 1
The bar on Ecto 1 was actually a Code 3 XL. I have one and will be making a video on it in the future. Subscribe and keep an eye out for it!
The lightbar was so bulky the CHP lost 2MPG . 00:44 As you can see Federal messed up by not putting any lamp between the speaker and rear passenger side. They could have used the 50/50 mirrors here for best signaling in the rear.
Very knowledgeable and you are right on point with the Arizona color change. AZDPS changed from cars issued with red and amber lights in 1983 to red and blue lights in 1984.
Glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for narrowing down the year. Did local agencies hold on to Red and Amber after 84?
@@The718Motorpool Most of the smaller agencies had already moved to red and blue by then. Phoenix PD and Pima County SO had also run red and amber and changed to red and blue at some point in the mid 80s. Tucson PD just used red I believe until the late 80 when they added some blue.
Very informative. Thanks.
Wonderful
Thank you!
0:39 A '70ies Twinsonic on a '90ies Mulder and Scully Crown Vic. Wow that was just so much out of place 😳I hope they were saved...
San Diego hung onto those for years! Unfortunately, most of those probably got sold for scrap sometime during the mid to late 90s before they shot up in value.
Lot of good information in this video.
Thank you, Subscribe because I plan on making more of these lightbar history videos
Very interesting. Are you able to continue with the Aero Twinsonic ?
I would like to, I have FDNY and NYPD ones in my collection.
Zach, do you happen to know what the gain of a steady burn red is? I have tried to get info on why that was introduced in CA but cant find anything. Any clue?
I actually want to do a video for that soon, problem is, I don’t have any California spec light bars in my collection, so chances are I am going to have to rely on archival footage
@@The718Motorpool you have great vids man.
What is that amber bar behind it? I remember frequently seeing those on tow trucks.
@@FishKepr Signal Stat Dual Comm. these were sold under a few names but they were low end bars and a lot were aimed at the amber market