This is what's left of my beloved Criterion's beloved pristine 184 lens.
I just had the entire unit rebuilt by Joe Dorgan of Sirenman.com fame and, yes, one of the bulb holder things is now broken off, too.
I am too depressed to determine if the motor was damaged, so in the event one of you has a replacement (or knows where one is), I was going to just replace the lens, take the obligatory three months to get over the physiological shock of having this happen and deal with repairing/rebuilding the unit itself in the Spring.
In other news:
1. I need two new exhaust manifold gaskets (why I brought the thing in).
2. My tie rod bushings must have experienced jubilation because they are no longer present in or about the tie rods, and,
3. My awesome $60 exhaust band-aid of three months ago looks like it could have used more Elmer's. (How much is stainless?)
All right: please look around your garage for a spare red 184 lens. (Hint: it's in a box. Near your folded-up ping-pong table. You were planning never to sell it.)
If you do sell it to me, I will put a small plaque on the dash that reads "The red lens on the top of this ambulance was made possible by a grant from the [insert your name] Foundation." Which I think is true because those lenses are priceless, so the grant is the balance between what you'll accept and priceless. And I will send you a picture of the plaque.
Wait! As an added bonus, if I am able to track down a red 184 lens, I will overcome my laziness and mount my brand new, never been used B&M SuperChief on the roof between the recently re-chromed siren speakers. The value here is that I keep up with the Joneses of Rob Shepard's Criterion which has that same configuration.
(The difference, of course, is that Rob Shepard has Tunnel-Light-Envy, and, of course, I simply have Tunnel Lights.)
So there you have it: find me a lens. I pay cash money. AND will thereafter post a pic of the rig with its new lens and it's newly mounted Super-Chief.
Also, Ed, looks like Mookie got into your birthday present: bummer!
I just had the entire unit rebuilt by Joe Dorgan of Sirenman.com fame and, yes, one of the bulb holder things is now broken off, too.
I am too depressed to determine if the motor was damaged, so in the event one of you has a replacement (or knows where one is), I was going to just replace the lens, take the obligatory three months to get over the physiological shock of having this happen and deal with repairing/rebuilding the unit itself in the Spring.
In other news:
1. I need two new exhaust manifold gaskets (why I brought the thing in).
2. My tie rod bushings must have experienced jubilation because they are no longer present in or about the tie rods, and,
3. My awesome $60 exhaust band-aid of three months ago looks like it could have used more Elmer's. (How much is stainless?)
All right: please look around your garage for a spare red 184 lens. (Hint: it's in a box. Near your folded-up ping-pong table. You were planning never to sell it.)
If you do sell it to me, I will put a small plaque on the dash that reads "The red lens on the top of this ambulance was made possible by a grant from the [insert your name] Foundation." Which I think is true because those lenses are priceless, so the grant is the balance between what you'll accept and priceless. And I will send you a picture of the plaque.
Wait! As an added bonus, if I am able to track down a red 184 lens, I will overcome my laziness and mount my brand new, never been used B&M SuperChief on the roof between the recently re-chromed siren speakers. The value here is that I keep up with the Joneses of Rob Shepard's Criterion which has that same configuration.
(The difference, of course, is that Rob Shepard has Tunnel-Light-Envy, and, of course, I simply have Tunnel Lights.)
So there you have it: find me a lens. I pay cash money. AND will thereafter post a pic of the rig with its new lens and it's newly mounted Super-Chief.
Also, Ed, looks like Mookie got into your birthday present: bummer!