EA Laboratories Bicycle Tank Horn with Push Button 1940s to 1950s Chrome Untested
$69.99
This is a 1940s to 1950s EA Laboratories chrome bicycle tank horn with its matching hardwired handlebar push button.
The horn shows minor scuffing, the push button moves easily without being jammed, and the inside was opened with no issues noted. The horn has not been tested and is being sold as found with working status unknown.
This compact coffin style horn was made to fit inside the metal tank of larger cruiser bicycles, with the separate push button mounting where the rider could reach it from the handlebars.
Details
- Item: Bicycle tank horn with push button
- Item Type: Electric bicycle tank horn
- Era: 1940s to 1950s
- Materials: Chrome plated metal housing with wired push button
- Color: Chrome, black, and red
- Maker and Mark: EA Laboratories from Product Research. Exact stamped wording: Not confirmed from photos
- Pattern or Model: Coffin style tank horn
- Style: Postwar cruiser bicycle accessory
- Dimensions: Horn body approximately 4 inches long by 2 inches wide at the widest point by 2 inches deep at the widest point. Wire from horn to button approximately 11 inches long.
- Special Features: Matching hardwired handlebar mount push button with red convex button. Internal battery operated buzzer assembly and battery holding hardware are present according to Product Research.
Condition Grade: Good
Positives
- Graded Good: The horn and push button remain together as a usable display or restoration set, with clear signs of previous use.
- The push button depresses easily and is not jammed.
- The casing was opened and no issues were noted inside.
- The wired handlebar button is still present with the horn.
- The chrome housing retains its streamlined tank horn form and attached mounting hardware.
Issues / Wear
- Minor scuffing is present.
- The horn has not been tested, so working condition is unknown.
- The piece is being sold as found.
If you collect EA Laboratories bicycle accessories or restore postwar cruiser bikes, this horn keeps the tank unit and its matching push button together in one set. If it's the one you've been looking for, it's ready to come home.
- Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
- Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
- Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
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