It's always embarrassing to show pics of the car pre resto. The attached is a pic of an old pic showing the horn that's been on my car since the early 1970s when we purchased the car. Made in Germany. Could it possibly be original?
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It's always embarrassing to show pics of the car pre resto. The attached is a pic of an old pic showing the horn that's been on my car since the early 1970s when we purchased the car. Made in Germany. Could it possibly be original?
Dale
BJ7 frame up restoration of "the car that would not be restored"; began Dec. 2005, est. complete 2023
Do they go 'Achtung!' instead of 'beep?' (sorry, couldn't resist).Originally Posted by RestoreThemAll
They don't look like any of the original horns I've seen and, AFAIK, different horns weren't spec'd for European export cars, but I wouldn't bet money on it.
Well my car was originally exported to Germany and this is what the horns looked like before I restored the car.
About TV Shows-
"...you really can't restore a car in 10 days. I don't want to watch a race where people have to restore it in a week. It's not going to drive, and those cars never work. In real life, it takes years to get it right. " Jay Leno.
Vette, that's interesting. I should get a heritage cert for my car. That'll tell if it was exported to Germany, right? Or, how did you know that?
Dale
Dale
BJ7 frame up restoration of "the car that would not be restored"; began Dec. 2005, est. complete 2023
Yes the heritage cert tells. Mine was originally exported to Stuttgart, Germany.
About TV Shows-
"...you really can't restore a car in 10 days. I don't want to watch a race where people have to restore it in a week. It's not going to drive, and those cars never work. In real life, it takes years to get it right. " Jay Leno.
I bet that the horn packed in and was replaced with a home market unit to pass inspection.
Cheers,
D.
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Seems most likely. Occam's Razor and all that.
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Occam's Razor, had to google that one. Understood.
Original or not, I think I'll keep them. It's the sound that goes with the car for my ear. What I heard as a teen into my 20's. 1970s and 80s. After all it's all about old memories.
Dale
BJ7 frame up restoration of "the car that would not be restored"; began Dec. 2005, est. complete 2023
The BMC parts manual for BJ7/BJ8 doesn't show different horns for German-spec cars (or different horns for any other country).
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC
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