This popular size bulb fits most vintage car, taxi, antique, old brass and clown horns. So if you need to replace that crumbly old vintage horn bulb—and you already have your own metal collar & tube, then this fully guaranteed Plain Rubber Bulb is what you've been looking for.

then get this Large Plain Rubber Bulb. If outside diameter is 1/2 to 5/8 of an inch (12.7 mm to 15.9 mm), then, then get Reed screws into horn, not the bulb. So if your reed screws into bulb, then our bulb will not work. (Yes, the reed slides inside bulb tube. But reed is physically attached to horn.) That is, until Bill from the Virginia City Players bought a few horns from us and Lindsey, their musical director, sent me photos of the horns set up for use. Horns for vehicles are even older than the invention of the motorcar itself, as an idea which started on steam-powered carriages here in the UK. The ‘Red Flag Act’ dictated a person should walk ahead of the steam car, waving a red flag and tooting a horn. Thankfully that idea was short-lived and soon horns were being mounted directly to the vehicle and operated by the driver.

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It didn’t take long until motorists were calling for more powerful warning devices to alert others of their presence. Manufacturers agreed, and soon took it upon themselves to develop different kinds of solutions such as chimes, whistles, sirens and of course new takes on the horn itself. Here’s a question for you – when is it acceptable to use your car horn? For those of you who said ‘to greet other road users’ or ‘signal your annoyance’, we’re afraid it’s a fail… According to the Highway Code, unless you’re alerting another road user of your presence while your vehicle is moving, you’re using the horn incorrectly. Fits Circular, Double Bell, Large, Small, and Straight (not Mini) horns. Ideal for vintage car enthusiasts, great for hobby & science projects: Just attach your own hardware. Not a Cremona and it uses a player piano roll to make most of the music but you can get the idea here…

Please call +44 (0) 1885 488 488 between 8.30 and 5.00 (UK time) Monday to Friday to speak to one our sales team. Holden Vintage & Classic, Building11, Stanmore Business Park, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV15 5HR, United KingdomThese are rather excellent products for the price. But they ain't fancy high-class articles. Most of the bulbs are just fine and you can expect them to serve you well for at least a year or two, maybe more. But if the bulb you get does not meet with your satisfaction, then you can count on us to make things right. During the last ten years, some manufacturers have departed from the traditional car horn design altogether, but arguably the most significant recent development has arrived with the age of the electric vehicle. With EVs now being effectively silent, new legislation in some markets means manufacturers must design electric vehicle warning sounds which are played continuously when travelling at low speeds to warn pedestrians. Varying from artificial beeps and chimes, to drones and fake engine noises, the Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS) could be considered as the most modern development in the history of car horns. Before movies had sound, silent films were often accompanied by live musical performances. Often a single piano or organ. But what I didn’t know was that at one time there were elaborate one and two person keyboards, one-man-bands, that some high-end theaters would acquire for their film accompaniment.