52vff, We're fortunate that we are able to be in contact with the retired Fire Chief of the department that owned it up until 1994. Unfortunately a PO removed AL FD related gear; the cylinder in one of my pics is the Bendix vacuum assist braking set-up. The chief is very helpful and interested, and is going to send us some material he has. The conversion was done by a (now defunct regional Fire Apparatus company based in Syracuse, NY called Sanford; they also built their own chassis's as well as did conversions. Apparently this one, being built just at the dawn of WWII, barely escaped military conscription; some sleight of hand by the FD was needed to keep it out of sight!
Brad
