1952 Air Raid Siren,

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  • 1952 Chrysler Air raid siren Billet proof 2009. 331 Hemi, 18 HP @ 4000 RPM, 312 foot pound torque @ 2000 RPM. Bore- 3 13/16" stroke-3 5/8" compression 7.5 to 1. Aor velocity-35,000 feet per min or 400 MPH. Total weight nearly 3 tons. Cost in 1952: $5500.00 Cost in 2008: $35,000

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  • @okeeffearan2
    @okeeffearan2 9 ปีที่แล้ว +458

    and some poor farmer in the middle of knowhere is still sitting in a bunker waiting for the all clear siren

  • @thebiggs1469
    @thebiggs1469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    A V8 siren, that’s the most American thing I’ve ever seen.

    • @indybill4
      @indybill4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Will Clauß it's a hemi

    • @armastat
      @armastat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Where do u think the brits got it from? lol.

    • @andykay4554
      @andykay4554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That's what actually powers the siren....a Chrysler v8

    • @loganbeedy5950
      @loganbeedy5950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@andykay4554 yep was powered by a 331ci firepower hemi v8

    • @garyquail4996
      @garyquail4996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I like the sound of that hemi Engine then the siren itself.

  • @minkyblack
    @minkyblack 15 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    this is the most beautiful siren ever made....used to hear this on the last friday of the month in the LA area..it was such a haunting sound, and it carried for miles....

  • @torque395
    @torque395 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love the sound that hemi makes when its revved up under load. Music to my ears.

    • @thetechhelper2760
      @thetechhelper2760 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Literally what I was thinking!

  • @Trialnerror
    @Trialnerror 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Can't believe they run that without mufflers. That engine could damage your hearing.

    • @paulfeist
      @paulfeist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The siren tops out much louder than the engine... mufflers on the engine are the least of your worries! Wear plugs, muffs, and a motorcycle helmet on top of that.

    • @Grocel512
      @Grocel512 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@paulfeist woosh

    • @wevefriends
      @wevefriends 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@paulfeistwoosh

  • @22fret
    @22fret 8 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    What, no silencer? The neighbours could complain about the engine noise...

    • @Asmith-1111
      @Asmith-1111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They would care less when the siren kicked on.

    • @jayswarrow1196
      @jayswarrow1196 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I bet they stopped caring about *any* noise, when that thing blew their Prius thru the wall.

    • @Asmith-1111
      @Asmith-1111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jayswarrow1196 lol. yeah that too.

    • @teamc.a.r.l8581
      @teamc.a.r.l8581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HOA violation

    • @owensweetland342
      @owensweetland342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Screw 'em if they can't take a joke.

  • @dylxnchn
    @dylxnchn 9 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I love Chrysler Air raid sirens

  • @clickr73
    @clickr73 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That’s a beautiful work of art, a hemi powered noisemaker

  • @JayAlmightyPH
    @JayAlmightyPH 7 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    i've been waiting for full throttle, im dissapointed :(

    • @pvh_facp4001yt
      @pvh_facp4001yt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Legendary Dogy everybody would have to be pretty far so people wouldn’t have their eardrums blown. This is the loudest siren recorded this isn’t a joke.

    • @Vyclops
      @Vyclops 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pvh_facp4001yt True

    • @HairBandDan
      @HairBandDan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      th-cam.com/video/9QR1Dk2UAhw/w-d-xo.html

    • @owensweetland342
      @owensweetland342 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me 2.

    • @mm-gl7sz
      @mm-gl7sz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's an audio recording of one of these at full blast from 6 miles away. You can hear it real well. Go to victorysiren.com

  • @basedmax9029
    @basedmax9029 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I’ve seen people full throttle, then pull the transmission down, and it W E N T F O R I T

  • @lawnmowerdude
    @lawnmowerdude 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I love the sound of the v8 over the siren.

  • @joehayward2631
    @joehayward2631 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I remember when I was a kid Saturday mornings hearing the testing of the air alarms . Brings back memories lol

    • @armastat
      @armastat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not sure where you got off to, but in my city they still do that.

  • @maxkuznetsov2909
    @maxkuznetsov2909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Civic owners: hold my white claw...

  • @lyleliliwort8489
    @lyleliliwort8489 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    chrysler hemi v8 powered air raid sirens....miss those things!!

  • @CrimFerret
    @CrimFerret 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    full throttle would have knocked down the people and the fence. This thing could set wood on fire from the sound energy at the horn output and be heard up to 25 miles away.

    • @mm-gl7sz
      @mm-gl7sz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      CrimFerret actually it turns rain into fog and starts paper on fire right in front of the horns. I bet with about 800 horsepower like the hemi in the hellcat it would destroy buildings or at least damage them

    • @CrimFerret
      @CrimFerret 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mm-gl7sz or at least blow out windows. The sound of this thing at a distance of several miles is amazing, but short of having property out in the middle of nowhere, you couldn't run it at full tilt. It's one thing to have neighbors complain. It's another to have people several towns over complain.

  • @Super1967ford
    @Super1967ford 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Way before my time but still gives me goosebumps

  • @wevefriends
    @wevefriends 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    NASCAR: We're the only people to use V8s
    Chrysler: *Hold my gas*

  • @thatonethattalksalot7656
    @thatonethattalksalot7656 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One day I will own one and have it in my backyard!!

  • @JBF-GST-Tanda
    @JBF-GST-Tanda 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Release the clutch, shut off the engine, and then re-connect the clutch quickly, would it be possible that the engine re-ignites under the huge inertia of siren rotor?

  • @n0tlance314
    @n0tlance314 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    >when the sirens you made years ago are better than the cars you produce today.

  • @TrackpadProductions
    @TrackpadProductions ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how someone walks _straight_ in front of it with their hands over their ears, instead of, just.... walking around?

  • @firewalker1372
    @firewalker1372 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man I’d love to get my hands on one of those!!

  • @Lukio1081
    @Lukio1081 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm no expert and I know absolutely fuck all about these things but that is one seriously awesome piece of machinery.

  • @emilygranus548
    @emilygranus548 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very interesting tone of an air raid siren

  • @GTRdeamon
    @GTRdeamon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Ah good to see my alarm clock in action...

    • @Anzac1
      @Anzac1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

  • @crazywarriorman
    @crazywarriorman 15 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We need more of these on youtube!

  • @jamesogle8421
    @jamesogle8421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    GOD THAT CRACKED MY COMPUTER SCREEN!!!

  • @centralillinoissirens.
    @centralillinoissirens. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is a Chrysler victory bell siren used for air raids and other threats

  • @jacobpham4220
    @jacobpham4220 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How do you turn the loud gas powered warning siren on?:
    1. Open it’s engine door and turn the engine on
    2. See that hand crank thing pull it to the other direction until it turns on

  • @lawnside82
    @lawnside82 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    wow chrysler dodge good for something...

    • @firefalcon9368
      @firefalcon9368 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that was back when things were made in america, not over seas in sweat shops at the lowest cost

    • @charlie_nolan
      @charlie_nolan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fire Falcon Chrysler vehicles are made in the US... their quality is not the greatest

  • @leroysnyder2522
    @leroysnyder2522 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's sounds would make a person's blood run cold.

  • @midlifehemi88
    @midlifehemi88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I could just imagine if James Pumphrey from Donut Media talked about this, he’d say something like, “Because what’s more American than a V8? A V8 POWERED AIR RAID SIREN OF COURSE!!” **Lightning strikes**

  • @seanjuth
    @seanjuth ปีที่แล้ว

    Just thought I'd throw this in there. The gentleman controlling the siren is Don Garlits himself

  • @johnybravo5667
    @johnybravo5667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My alarm in the morning..

  • @stargazer2504
    @stargazer2504 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Guy in the red shirt: "Huh? I didn't hear it" **dies in the air raid**

  • @Droideka133
    @Droideka133 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That thing looks completely restored. They Should Put it back into use.

  • @revmatch2648
    @revmatch2648 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chills every time..

  • @HappyDiscoDeath
    @HappyDiscoDeath 14 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    simply beautiful!

  • @bacon_hair-m9i
    @bacon_hair-m9i 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This siren was made 1 year after the prototype Thunderbolt!

  • @sylas1333
    @sylas1333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It sounds like a monster truck but if it had a siren

  • @sturminator4286
    @sturminator4286 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If Cleetus McFarland had one he'd swap a Texas Speed 427 LS onto it... Probably add nitrous or turbos also. I can see the video now: First GM Siren to reach 50 miles

    • @vannjunkin8041
      @vannjunkin8041 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cleetus don't know sheeit.. ask ol Enis Mackelwayne out in Bama.. he put one nem God damn 472 interceptors in his.. blew the damn horns off and still made it 60 miles

  • @wildbill5126
    @wildbill5126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Hemi itself sound's so cool, these used to be all over, some idiot pencil pusher made these obsolete so everything could be computer controlled mega phones.
    Just this old man's opinion.

  • @tylerdurden956
    @tylerdurden956 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Old bastard didn't give it all I was waiting the whole time for full throttle siren

    • @hatti...
      @hatti... 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You realize how loud this thing is right? That would destroy everyone's ear drums this thing isn't a joke

  • @JerryWick
    @JerryWick 15 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Its Don Garlits, he is a famous drag racer from the 50's and 60's. Look him up and contact him

  • @1957kwick
    @1957kwick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s a Hemi !!👍🇺🇸🛠

  • @lightningfun6486
    @lightningfun6486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very cool :)))

  • @pronintendogamer96
    @pronintendogamer96 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow such a change from then to now

  • @ahnbra
    @ahnbra 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You need a semi fuel tank for that thing. One of those 100 = gallon side saddle tanks. Polish it all u and mount it near the raiator. Leaveing enough space to keep the Hemi cool. DId you do any of the restoration work your self or did you hire it all out? A Chrystler Hemi air raid/tornado siren now thats super cool!

  • @NicksGarageDoorService
    @NicksGarageDoorService 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is another one with the weird shaped horns. The only other one I've seen like this is the one Don Garlits owns, I wonder if this is the same one. I can't tell because we can't see his face, but that looks like it could be Don Garlits running it...

    • @CL-zk2yg
      @CL-zk2yg 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nick'sGarageDoorService its horns may look weird and small but it's actually the worlds loudest siren

  • @Rbrownsword
    @Rbrownsword 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    This just proves that american V8s sound amazing, (and yes I do mean when you take the siren sound away.) I'm English and we do have a few V8 engined cars left, but these high torque low bhp V8s make a great exhaust sound when they are reved.

  • @MeanLaQueefa
    @MeanLaQueefa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s meant to run wide open throttle for 3 minutes

  • @plumcrazzzy
    @plumcrazzzy 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey I was reading you info it said 18HP@4000RPM 331 hemi 1952 sould be more like 180HP@ 4000RPM I would think . But very cool :)

  • @Rosu_lxv
    @Rosu_lxv 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When he put his hands on the lever I thought it would blow

  • @Eights_Coronel-864
    @Eights_Coronel-864 ปีที่แล้ว

    I didn't know that Chrysler made sirens as well as cars, the only thing missing would be for them to make boats with a V8 HEMI

  •  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    BRENDA BALL

  • @Siren1000T1
    @Siren1000T1 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sounds healthy!

  • @davesstuff1599
    @davesstuff1599 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Look up the air raid siren Don Garlits cranked up in his museum. Says it can be heard for 20 miles sround

  • @denoli2976
    @denoli2976 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The engine exhaust and air intake sound is higher than the siren it self ... m in love with this V8

    • @skipads5141
      @skipads5141 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Are you kidding? Watch other videos. The siren is almost quiet sounding by the time the microphone picks up the engine with no muffler at high rev.

    • @HD4lyfe
      @HD4lyfe ปีที่แล้ว

      And that wasn't even close to full power

  • @itchyprince3793
    @itchyprince3793 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are these the big or small block?

  • @whitesapphire5865
    @whitesapphire5865 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's one way to clear the cobwebs out of the house in Springtime!

  • @futurepilot6749
    @futurepilot6749 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2008

  • @crazywarriorman
    @crazywarriorman 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yep, a peice of art.

  • @crazywarriorman
    @crazywarriorman 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You thought that was weak? Man, even standing behind that thing hurts your ears.

  • @Gibbyx67
    @Gibbyx67 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    victory siren by chrystler

    • @conner5611
      @conner5611 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Scott Gibson only the engine is by chrystler the siren is by bell phone company

  • @kmcwhq
    @kmcwhq 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The nerve of this guy running that Hemi with open exhaust and no mufflers....

    • @paulsmith5398
      @paulsmith5398 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you ever been to an automobile racetrack?? With 50 cars at full blast?? Would drown out this historic siren!🙁😔❗

  • @42lookc
    @42lookc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love it!

  • @poklik1
    @poklik1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    the power of siren blows that tree away

  • @dilloncarpenter
    @dilloncarpenter 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    put on sound canceling stereo headphones and turn your computer to MAX volume for...half the effect!

  • @danielramsey1959
    @danielramsey1959 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where is the 5.9 Cummins version?

  • @Ethan-ck6iz
    @Ethan-ck6iz 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Must be the only chrysler that's reliable

  • @armastat
    @armastat 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    And that is only 1/4 of as loud and 1/2 as pitched as it can get.

  • @sailboat910
    @sailboat910 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    18hp??? that has to be the horsepower for the starter motor...

  • @audinos4827
    @audinos4827 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video. Too bad he didn't get it up to full speed.

  • @NickSilcox3
    @NickSilcox3 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i wounder what the chopper looks like

  • @RadialSkid
    @RadialSkid 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Misprint in the description....horsepower output should be 180, not 18.

  • @ThunderboltSiren1003
    @ThunderboltSiren1003 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    138 decibels right in their face but their ears are blown out

  • @seangangstad9597
    @seangangstad9597 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That hemi sounds nasty when he revs it up.!!!

  • @nickaalex
    @nickaalex 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The engine is louder than the siren

  • @EFT351
    @EFT351 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow

  • @derekcollins1972
    @derekcollins1972 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is that a Hemi?

  • @denningbox1867
    @denningbox1867 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've heard and seen this many times

  • @dylxnchn
    @dylxnchn 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    go to Fort Macartur in SoCal and you will here a victory siren and I think a 500AT or FS SD-10

  • @crazywarriorman
    @crazywarriorman 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes sadly I have 2 more chrysler to mark off the list, The one in rockford:gone. The one ontop of the city hall in kansas city:gone. Good news though! The one on the US army records center is still there! Im working with some people to get it taken down and restored!

    • @JerryWick
      @JerryWick 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      crazywarriorman got anywhere with that one at the records center?

    • @mm-gl7sz
      @mm-gl7sz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about the one in Rochester NY? Is that one still there?

  • @floyd9572
    @floyd9572 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That would make a bitchin boat motor.

  • @kurtdog119
    @kurtdog119 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @vegaracechic24
    Besides the Don Garlits museum being located in Ocala, E-One's located in Ocala, and they make fire apparatus to this day!

  • @robertgift
    @robertgift 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Record down to rotor stop.
    I would stand in front holding ears closed to feel sound waves in chest.

  • @71druss
    @71druss 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would love to hear that after a shot of nos....or perhaps a turbo

  • @avaydon7679
    @avaydon7679 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Grandpa using " Grandpa of Siren "

  • @moto2244
    @moto2244 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love that motor

  • @welsow
    @welsow 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    when the vtec kicks in

  • @crazywarriorman
    @crazywarriorman 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    How do you know that?

  • @United_HVAC_and_Fans
    @United_HVAC_and_Fans 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is WAY older then 1952. Gotta be late 30s

    • @briang4470
      @briang4470 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, these were made from 1952 to 1957 when Chrysler released their first "hemi" engine. Technically this unit is considered the second design the earlier design from the 1940s used a straight 8 engine and had a seat that the operator would sit on while using the siren.

  • @davidimhoff5571
    @davidimhoff5571 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Imagine those who didn't read the newspaper that morning. Jesus

  • @HelloKittyFanMan.
    @HelloKittyFanMan. 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey, 150Spoke9, thanks for your response.
    Oops, ya Missed some Of Them this Time! What's happening To You?
    I know it doesn't change the definition, and I know this isn't a grammar class, but it still isn't exactly correct (except for titles--at least with the prominent words in a title). Why would you like to have a typing style like that?

  • @skipads5141
    @skipads5141 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    138 decibels at 100 feet and idiots are just standing there with ears uncovered imagining they look something other than idiotic.

  • @seansgamingfactory5148
    @seansgamingfactory5148 ปีที่แล้ว

    siren horn sound like a subaru impreza

  • @150Spoke9
    @150Spoke9 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's just a Typing Style I use. In any Grammar or Vocabulary, the Capitalization of the beginning letters of the word does not change the definition by any means.
    MaxxFordham, hopefully I have answered your question and to anyone who have the same question.
    In fact, I've seen some other Individuals starting my type of Style Typing within the You Tube Community.
    Nine9eniN

  • @davesstuff1599
    @davesstuff1599 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bet all the bull cows within an earshot got stiffies.

  • @ebachvr5
    @ebachvr5 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Only americans would use a V8 to power an air raid siren lmao

  • @MonsterjamHotwheels112
    @MonsterjamHotwheels112 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That sounds like a ship horn