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The most unusual horn?
Letters to the Editor
Attached is the most unusual horn that I have found. I can't find one like it anywhere on the internet. It was not working when I got it because it was pretty rusted up inside and locked-up. Since then I've done surgery on it and managed to clean it up and get the electric side of it working but I am still looking for a new squeeze bulb and reed for it. It is extremely loud! Maybe you know someone who could give me a little more information about it.
Jon Pomeroy
Oak Point, Texas
Published:
Monday May 5th, 2025
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John Malamatenios
11 May 2025, 13:34
Nice horn. Is it for sale? I would like to buy it.
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Viklit Graae Jorgensen
11 May 2025, 10:30
I have had mine many years and have never seen it on other cars than Packards.
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David Grimstead
06 May 2025, 19:17
This is a Klaxon Type 20 Combination Horn, made by the Lovell-McConnell Manufacturing Company of Newark, New Jersey from c.1914, priced $20 retail and $30 list price. The right-angle diaphragm drive used on all versions of the Type 20 was unique to Lovell-McConnell, which went to great lengths to protect all its patented designs in many court cases. The firm was renamed Klaxon Company on becoming part of the United Motor Corporation in September 1916 and from January 1917 made only the manual Klaxon 3 and the electric-only 6, 12 and 20 models.
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Kemme Theo
06 May 2025, 14:47
I'm familiar with this horn; it's part of my Packard 2-38, built in 1914. According to the list, there are three other examples of this vehicle. It's number 53810, the only car of this type delivered to Europe.
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Diese Hupe ist mir bekannt ,sie ist Bestandteil meines Packard 2/38 BJ 1914 . Dieses Fahrzeug gibt es laut Liste noch drei mal . Es ist die Nr 53810 Einziges Auto Diesen Typs nach Europa geliefert.
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Diese Hupe ist mir bekannt ,sie ist Bestandteil meines Packard 2/38 BJ 1914 . Dieses Fahrzeug gibt es laut Liste noch drei mal . Es ist die Nr 53810 Einziges Auto Diesen Typs nach Europa geliefert.