Custom Cruiser 4-note horn conversion

While my oldest kiddo was in the back of the wagon doing his first-ever speaker install, I decided to tackle adding the two additional horns I pulled from a junker Roady sedan to give my new OCC the 4-note "tugboat" horn conversion.


I knew there had been a battery leak in the past, but when I pulled out the battery...it was a mess. I really need to get a new tray...it's not rusted through, but it was pretty gross. I took the tray out and took a wire brush to it, and then did the same with the area below the tray.



After that I hung the battery tray from a tree and taped off under the hood, and shot both with some thick anti-rust paint.



I had to let that all dry, so will finish adding the horns tomorrow. I'll most likely get a better tray from the salvage yard on one of my next trips, but for now at least it's all scraped and painted down there.

More tomorrow!

-Mike

Lucky you were able to salvage that battery tray!

Jeez... I'll take that "rusty" battery tray when you're done with it...

Man those Texas JY horns look nice.

Rusty battery tray.... What a mess.... Dude.... seriously!



Mike

200OZ wrote:

Man those Texas JY horns look nice.

Rusty battery tray.... What a mess.... Dude.... seriously!



Mike

Please tell me thats not your black beauty?Hey texas Mike,how bad does your rusty battery tray look now?

That rust pic kept me up last night....JEEZ! Wow.

My Carolina Cruiser has more surface rust under it here and there than my Texas Roady did, but nothing is rusted through. That battery tray is the worst thing on my car. It's still solid, was just ugly.

Now that it's painted and the battery is back in, it looks fine. If you pull the battery out you can tell that I sanded and painted it...but it's not weak at all.

Oh that rust pic...wow. Salt SUCKS!!!

Mike, what size bolt did you use to mount the extra horns?

real horn, e

This would be more impressive


Nick

Cadet57 wrote:

Mike, what size bolt did you use to mount the extra horns?

I used the stock bolt I pulled off the car in the salvage yard when I pulled the horns. Holes are already in the fender there behind the battery. Just bolt them in, run the wire along the stock loom on the rad support, and splice into the driver's side horn wire. Done.

phantom 309 wrote:

real horn, e

This would be more impressive


Nick

Need to put those on the Ram pickup!

81X11 wrote:

Cadet57 wrote:

Mike, what size bolt did you use to mount the extra horns?

I used the stock bolt I pulled off the car in the salvage yard when I pulled the horns. Holes are already in the fender there behind the battery. Just bolt them in, run the wire along the stock loom on the rad support, and splice into the driver's side horn wire. Done.

Yeah, my fender has the holes too. I just don't have the bolt. I got the horns from a friend.

phantom 309 wrote:

real horn, e

This would be more impressive


Nick

Nick,
A new avatar and signature I see.
Dick

I want to do this horn conversion. I saw a roady in the JY here but the pass front was hit so bad it broke the horns.

We don't know what battery trays are here in New England.