I have THE WORLD what now?

[LowpowerD]

Schwinn freshly rescued from a barn. Covered in house paint, and barn grunge. http://www.flickr.com/photos/61634364@N ... 248775208/

DSCN2961 by LowpowerD, on Flickr
I probably would have passed it up if it wasn't for the Parsons siren.

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It says The World on the headbadge.

How load is the siren supposed to be?

 

[scott brownsey]

nice

 

[LowpowerD]

Thanks. The tires aren't original, but they held some air. I got to ride it around the block. No grease, no breaks, no fear!

 

[B607]

That looks like a '40 DX...maybe a '41.

An old guy I know had a siren like that on his bike when he was a kid. He lived in the village of Garrett, IL with about 200 people and one main street. He said he would start at the edge of town on his Panther, get up to full speed and pull the chain and turn on the siren as he sped down the main street with the thing wailing. The townfolk eventually confiscated his siren! Years later, when he got back from the Army, he got the thing back and still has it. He still has the Panther too. :wink: Gary

 

[jaydub]

Life was simple back then..What happened..?

 

[Con-Tiki!]

That bike is great, I am super-jealous of the siren.

 

[Carbon]

Really cool bike, I would start the good ole chemical stripping process and get that bad boy ready for paint or powder!!

 

[Outlaw90]

WOW good find dude. nice ditch the house paint and that thing will rock!

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Nice find! I'd love to find one of those sirens someday.

 

[54shadow]

My first test of my Parson' siren on my 20" Schwinn Tornado, on a fast down-hill clip on Sterling Ave in Independence, Mo., got results. When I pulled the chain to engage the siren, it came up to full rpm in seconds. Next thing I knew, a car was pulling over in front of me, thinking that it was a real police car coming down the road. Imagine the surprise on the drivers face when all he saw was some, crew-cut kid on a red bike riding past, with a big grin on his kisser. The Tornado ended up with a, just-starting-to-ride, neighbor kid and I got a Schwinn 5-speed Fastback to replace it. The siren landed up in my dad's scrape metal box in the garage and that is the last place that I remember seeing it. I miss that Tornado and siren.

 

[jaysmo]

nice bike man the siren would of a been a great find in its self.... and man that green paint .. i got a bike with that same green color.. is this the stock color house paint for old bikes? :lol:

 

[65rat]

Nice find you have to grab up all the bikes like that siren or not. I have a siren like that they're alot of fun.

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Cool find! The siren is sweet 8)

 

[Circa Cycles]

Nice find!I found one of those sirens on CL but don't have the mounting bracket.Can you post more pictures to show how the mount works?If I can't find a mounting bracket,I could probably rig something up.I put one of my bikes in the repair stand,pedalled it up to a good speed and held the end to the tire.It's pretty loud :!: I can't wait to figure out which bike it will end up on.Thanks to everyone for their great stories about this siren :!: