Anyone with a 1933 Chrysler with Trumpet horns

[mitchwhodge]

If anyone has a 1933 Chrysler with the dual trumpet horns, I would love to see a good picture of how they are bolted to the Headlights?

 

Thank you

[Porsche 68]

If you can zoom in on it If not if you can wait till tomorrow I can go over to the barn and more detailed pictures for you   John

[mitchwhodge]

Thank you!!! I can wait till tomorrow, would really appreciate a few more pics from a different angle.

 

You have a nice car there!! Thank you again if your get some time for more pics

[Porsche 68]

Hi Mitch hope these help it was -10 when I went in the barn this morning

[Porsche 68]

[Scott Bonesteel]

John's photos are absolutely correct for the 34 Mopars (Plymouth and Dodge) but I think the 33 Chrysler is more like the 33 Plymouth mounting.  The 34 headlight brackets, i.e., what mounts the headlight to the fender/fender support have no provision for mounting horns.  Accordingly, the horns are attached as John's photos show, with a bracket that uses the single bolt attaching the headlight, with the headlight bolt going through the end of a bracket that then hangs down with the 'double level' attachment to the underside of the horns, which I believe are Klaxon 26 models.  On the 33 models, the headlight mounting bracket itself has two holes in it on the vertical side, completely separate from the bolt that attaches the headlight to the stand.  Those two holes serve as the mounting point for the horn bracket, which is similar on the end where it attaches to the horn body but which is simpler because it simply then bolts into the side of the headlight bracket.  Hopefully someone with a 33 Chrysler can send you some exact photos but from what I have seen they are similar to the other 33 Mopar models.  Attached photo is of a 33 Plymouth headlight bracket so you can see the two mounting holes for the horn.

[Scott Bonesteel]

Assuming I am correct, I would assume the brackets would be similar to those shown here, which are on a set of DeSoto horns, I believe 33, which bolt into a headlight bracket similar to the 33 Plymouth.

[mitchwhodge]

Thank you!! Truly enjoy the feedback and the education. Scott would you sell those two horns?

 

Thank you again

Mitch

Edited February 4, 2023 by mitchwhodge (see edit history)

[mitchwhodge]

1 hour ago, Porsche 68 said:

Hi Mitch hope these help it was -10 when I went in the barn this morning

I truly appreciate you taking these photos and going out into the cold!! Appreciate this forum!

[Scott Bonesteel]

Here is a somewhat clearer photo of a 33 headlight bracket, showing the mounting bolts for the horn bracket.  Again, I am not sure exactly what a 33 Chrysler headlight bracket looks like, one of the 33 Chrysler owners needs to chime in.

[Porsche 68]

Have a friend on the Jersey side has a 34 Plymouth coupe will try to get over to take a look at his assembly Have a club breakfast to attend in am. Scott as usual thanks for the insight as I too are still learning. John

[Porsche 68]

The horns on my 34 do not work all I get is a feeble mooo out of them tried to clean and adjust them to no avail Does any body know anybody who repairs them?  John 

[Scott Bonesteel]

John--

You will find that the 34 Plymouth is basically the same as your 34 Dodge, the only differences being that the headlight mount for the Dodge has the headlight bolt hole to the front of the mount, while the 34 Plymouth has the hole to the rear of the mount and the bead around the bottom of the Dodge mount wraps up at the front and the bead on the Plymouth simply wraps evenly along the bottom of the mount.  Attached is photo of my 34 Dodge DRXX, which as a 'base' model has a single horn under the hood and the holes in the brackets for the dual trumpet horns are factory blocked.