Cheers Craig, as per my video that’s where I'm planning to mount mine too.

The Lucas Windones are very large compared with modern horns, so I need all the space I can get.

Here's a couple of shots of where they were mounted on a Mk1 Ford Zodiac to give you an idea of size, this location worked really well as the tuneful twin Windtone hi/low output was reflected off the underside of the bonnet and the engine bay effectively became a sound box.

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I was always taught Windtones can be mounted in any orientation, but the dome shaped bells should always face each other as above, apparently this ensures the correct separation distance between the horns to give the perfect tone, how true that is I don’t know? What I am sure of is the mounts need to be heavy duty, not only to support the considerable weight of the Windtones but also to avoid nasty sounds and bracket fracturing, all electric horns work on vibration so you need good strong mounts to avoid the dreaded buzz and broken mounts.

Get it right and in my opinion, very little this side of a period Cadillac or Chrysler four tone horn beats the sound of a pair of Hi/Low tone Lucas Windtones sounding off in perfect unison, modern horns all too often emit a harsh coarse sound that’s unpleasant and stress inducing, by contrast a set of Windtones give off a tuneful friendly sound that still alerts other drivers when you need them to as they're also surprisingly loud.

Best of all the softer more rounded sounding Windtones immediately transport you to a carefree bygone age, a quick 'toot, toot' from these horns as you pass pedestrians never fails to raise a smile and a wave, this is so much more in keeping with a Morgan than the typical road rage inducing screech from a modern horn setup that's more likely to provoke a shaking fist and angry gimace from the same passers-by.

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Its just my opinion but if you're going to drive a classic, you've got to run Windtones, or better still a four tone setup off a 50's Yank. Just as my Marchal fog lamps and yellow forward lighting deliver vintage pleasures to the eye, a set of Windtones play an the essential audio role for ones ears.

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Last edited by Montegue; 14/12/22 11:58 AM.