Horns

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My passenger side horn is not working on the 69. Is the passenger side the low or high pitch horn?

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Passenger Side is the Low Pitch Horn

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Hello everyone,

sorry for using this old thread, don‘t wanna start a new one for this „boring“ question:

Does it make a difference switching the high/low tone horn from passenger to driver side? Is there any „rule“ or does it matter?

Thanks and regards

(I have a ’67 XR7)

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Shouldn’t matter as long as you have a high and low horn, otherwise it won’t sound right.

Jon

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The drivers side horn was the ‘hi’ pitched horn, and pointed towards the driver. The passenger side horn was the ‘lo’ pitched horn, and pointed towards the road / away from the vehicle. It didn’t matter if the horns were on opposite sides of the radiator, or mounted together on the passenger side ( with the drag pack option / oil cooler ) - the orientation of the horn opening was always the same. The rationale for this was that the high pitch sound would be more easily heard by the driver ( over the engine + road noise ) if it were pointing towards them. The lower pitched horn, with it’s opening oriented away from the vehicle would project its sound forward and away from the car.
Here’s a link to everything you (n)ever wanted to know about the Mustang and Cougars horns from the April 6, 2015 issue of Motor Trend Magazine :

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Thanks for all the answers and the article. Appreciate this.