One of my "one of these days" projects is a 1961 American LaFrance pumper on a GMC pug nose chassis. It's got a 401 V6 engine and a Clark 5 speed trans with direct drive in 5th. gear. I'm planning to remove the fire bed since it's been stripped of a lot of the valves and plumbing and the onboard water tank has a big hole in it. The driveshaft-mounted pump will be replaced with a 3-speed Brownie I got in a horsetrade a while back. That will give me 15 forward gears and 3 in reverse. I'll mount a commercial 5th. wheel and a goose neck hitch, and I should be able to tow anything I can back up to!
Jerry

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