From 1993: My old Arizona DOT vehicle

[RCMoeur]

While I was going through old videotapes, I found a short video from 1993 of my old Arizona DOT vehicle with its lights operating.

The car was a 1987 Chevrolet Celebrity (not one of GM's finest products). It had a removable Code 3 XL 5100 beacon with a clear lens and amber filters on top, and a pair of FB3 Firebeams with UF7 Ultra-Flash mirrors on the rear deck. Put out a remarkable amount of light.



http://www.richardcmoeur.com/moov/a650lightsmar93.m4v

 

[RCMoeur]

When this vehicle was turned in in 1998 and replaced with a Taurus, we took the XL rotators and the FB3/UF7s and stuffed them in a old gutted Yankee bar with clear domes. That worked until we discovered the UF7s don't like being in a greenhouse in the Arizona sun.

 

[Impala9C1]

Yeah, Some of my equipment melted a tad like my front dash light flashback shield. Name brands do not always hold up even behind tint out here.

 

[kadetklapp]

Very cool. My dad worked for INDOT for 25 years and had a variety of take-home “office cars” In that time. I recall a 1990 Pontiac Sunbird, all it had was a Whelen strobe throw light and a Motorola Micor HF radio. Then he had a 1992 Dodge Spirit with a throw light but also a rear red/amber FS deck strobe of some kind. In 97 he got a Chevy Cavalier with dual signal master front rear red/amber. Then a 2001 Malibu with same setup. In 03 he got a Stratus with deck and grill strobes. Fancy at the DOT.