Did Wheelock ever make incandescent lights instead of strobes at one point? I got a Wheelock phone signal… it’s a light instead of a strobe… and it looks like a Wheelock WS strobe cover only it says Phone.
I think I recall Wheelock making an incandescent version of their old vertical remote strobe; it was red with white “FIRE” lettering. This was back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, I believe. I doubt Wheelock ever made an audible/light signal; I don’t think an incandescent 7002/7002T would work very well (with them being 2-wire and everything.) And if Wheelock wanted a horn/light, they could just put the 34 or 34T horn on the SAE AV32 light plate (I’ve seen this setup NUMEROUS times, especially on old Fire-Lite, Notifier and FCI systems.)
i have a photo lying around somewhere of one of those, though i have no idea where it is. it was taken at the marriott marquis hotel in atlanta. i think i recall someone reposting it at some point, suspecting that the photo had been photoshopped.
The manual for the VL has copyright dates beginning in 1986, but it is possible that the earlier copyright dates were erased.
The VL looks identical to the WS when it is not running. See here for a photo.