Author Topic: Horns on 69 280sl  (Read 3632 times)

wharlan

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Horns on 69 280sl
« on: September 17, 2013, 03:24:51 »
Help W113 sages...

Purchased my first W113 this spring and the previous owner put after market air horns on the car.  Originality is more my speed but am confused by what I have found on line to correct towards original.  Sounds like there were two horn tones "city"-louder, and "country"-higher pitched and quaint.  Bud's Benz sells a Bosch unit for ~$20 each or rebuilt original units for $200 each.  Can you experts help me understand where these mount, which option is best and most original or acceptably original ?  Thank you for your interest, effort, and help.

Will
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Jonny B

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Re: Horns on 69 280sl
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2013, 22:11:27 »
A fair amount has been written about the horns on this site. Use the search function. Start with "horns" and limit to subject line search. You should get one page of items. If that does not answer the question, try a search with "horns" but not limited to subject.
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wharlan

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Re: Horns on 69 280sl
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2013, 00:52:34 »
Thanks, when I tried that the first time I got lots of information about horn rim on steering wheel. 

KevinC

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Re: Horns on 69 280sl
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2013, 02:10:46 »
This vendor seems to have a handful of options that seem reasonably priced...

http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/ksearch/pel_search.cgi?SUPERCAT_FLAG=Y&make=MBZ&please_wait=N&forumid=&threadid=&command=DWsearch&description=horn&I1.x=5&I1.y=4

I have one picture of where the horn is mounted and will try to find another tomorrow.