Wolf Whistle.

bige386

bige386

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Just wondering if any of you have a wolf whistle hooked up under the hood. I bought one for my 46 Ford to use it parades and cruises and such. I started to hook it up but there is only one vacuum line that goes to the distributor and I didnt think it would be a good idea to tap into that line. Is there any other spots on a stock 239 to pull vacuum for the whistle ? Would it be wise to drill a 1/8" pipe thread for a hose barb in to the intake ? Or should I just forget it ?
Any thoughts.
 
what year 239? my 53 has a couple of bolt plugs just under the back of the carb in the manifold riser

Bill
 
My 239 is a 46. I did look around on the intake but I only saw the one tube that runs down to the Distributor.
 
I drilled my intake way back in the seventies. Coated the bit with grease, drilled slow, cleaned bit, greaseed, and drill more. Did this until I had a hole thru, then coated tap with grease and threaded for the whistle. No ill results that I know of.
Lee
 
I bought one of those "wolf whistles" and hooked it up to my wiper vacuum line. It was very disappointing. So disappointing in fact that I immediately took it off and resold it on ebay. Here's the problem with them:

Number 1 - They are not a whistle, they are an itty bitty siren. They do not change pitch as a human produced wolf whistle does, they are only one pitch. Varying the vacuum only varies the volume, not the pitch.

Number 2 - They are pitifully quiet. Two reasons for that: 1. The mechanism that creates the sound is very small. 2. Instead of the sound being projected out of the horn (what a joke) as it would if the air was blown through it, it is sucked into the engine!

Before doing any permanent modifications like drilling a vacuum port into your manifold you really ought to hook it up to some vacuum some way and see if it's what you were really expecting.

I actully had a handheld version of such a "whistle" for many years that I could hang on a string around my neck. But it operated by blowing into it and I could get a lot more pressure blowing into it than 15 lbs of vacuum sucking on one. It was really loud and effective for calling my 10 kids together before we installed intercom in the house. But, sucking with 15 lbs of vacuum does not cut it in my opinion. :(
 
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I had one on a Model A when I was young but I don't know how it was installed, but it was fairly loud.
 
That whistle in the video is a reproduction, not even an original design.The old ones were red, with a straight pull, not a lever. They had a water transfer picture of a wolf in a tophat. They worked very well, very loud, and were, as John said, variable loudness, which in effect sounds like variable pitch. John's whistle apparently was a reproduction also.

There are two vacuum tubes connected to the driver side of the manifold. The front tube serves the distributor, the rear tube serves the windshield wiper. This tube is the one to T off to the whisle. As you have no original vacuum wiper, the rear port on your manifold may have been plugged.
 
Here are some Wolf Whistles. The oldest is the tin bell model at the 8:00 position. The rarest is the one in the foreground with the detachable bell; it's marked "The Submarine-Whistle, Hollywood Super Mfg. Co., LA CAL".

The latest repro's are junk.

(They do change pitch and a "highly-skilled" operator can produce a variety of sounds ... many loud enough to put your hearing aid on standby.)

"But it operated by blowing into it and I could get a lot more pressure blowing into it ... "

Yup, nothing beats hot air.:)

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ford38v8 said:
That whistle in the video is a reproduction, not even an original design.The old ones were red, with a straight pull, not a lever. They had a water transfer picture of a wolf in a tophat. They worked very well, very loud, and were, as John said, variable loudness, which in effect sounds like variable pitch. John's whistle apparently was a reproduction also.

There are two vacuum tubes connected to the driver side of the manifold. The front tube serves the distributor, the rear tube serves the windshield wiper. This tube is the one to T off to the whisle. As you have no original vacuum wiper, the rear port on your manifold may have been plugged.
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thanks for that :)
i want wolf whistle in my ford 1929 pickup. (im 21 year old)
 
The one I had was very loud. If I could see a horse, I could make it look for the sound. I had a cable pull that would change the sound as the pull varied. It could wolf whistle, yelp, chrip or just about any whistle type sound that a person could whistle. Just like playing a musical instrument, just takes practice. I did take mine apart and rework the movements a bit, which helped out a lot.
 
i have whistles on 3 of my cars, they are originals, were made by yoder ind. in arkansas, the one shown in pix by hoop.the one w/decal next to the box.speedway sells one now that is in the same box. they are loud and make lot of sounds w/practice. got mine from E yoder
 
Yeah Dodge....I have thought about that and it wouldn't be hard to do seeing how I'm a tool & die maker by trade. I just done know it I wanted to go through all that just for a wolf whistle. But ya never know.
 
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