I have that on DVD. A movie buff friend of mine said it was "out of print" untill a few years ago. A great movie to watch. Here's what info I found on-line about the DVD The Day After (1983) Starring: Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams Director: Nicholas Meyer Rating Product Details Actors: Ja...

The tag I have pictured had several layers of paint on it.
I used so aircraft coating/paint remover in a spray can, leaving it on for a few mins. then wiping it off, it took about 15 mins. to get it this far. I didn't want to go futher, cause it would of made this a blank tag.

My thunderbolt isn't from the 80's. It's a series A, possibly from the 1960's. Most likely from after the 67 riots. since alot of stuff was destroyed durning that time. But i'm not 100% on that. I guess I would have to ask, when did federal signal go from "FEDERAL SIGN AND SIGNAL CORPORATION&qu...

Well, I got the test kit. It tested positive for lead being present. I already have the proper gloves and eye protection. I bought the proper respirator for the job. I only spend about 10 mins. scraping with a wire brush (zip tied to a old snow brush handle, which makes it that I don't have to get v...

I switched to using the BIX stripper and a scotch bite pad.
with a little elbow grease, the paint is coming off.
I do have a mask specificly for paint striping.
I couldn't find a lead test kit a home depot, I'll check lowes today.

At least you didn't see any orange, lead paint for certain.

Is lead paint only orange?
I was going to go to home depot today to get a lead test kit.
The paint came off very easily on the out side but is a pain in the inside.
Weird.

On the thunderbolts, what's the smaller grey box just below the blower cabinet?

Does anyone know(before I ask federal signal) if the inside of the projector was painted in something special? I used citrus stripper gel several times and each time it removed a thin layer. So I started scrapping it a bit. It went from faded yellow, to bright yellow, to green, to yellow, then to a ...

What's on the back of it?
Looks like a fin

Here's a scan of the CD Decal I got. It was never used.
You can get rid of the "this is a unit of your civil defense" and use the "CD" logo

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