Woo hoo!! I actually have the firetruck and it's here ... title and all!

The long version I will be writing up as a saga as the trip out to Michigan this past weekend was... um ... the roadtrip from HELL (details coming in said Saga so wait!) ... but I'll give you a sneak preview ... the trip required three dump trucks, two 20-ton trailers, one 500-yard sprint across highway traffic, three men and a 14-hour layover in a West Virginia rest area ...

Anyway... the truck is a nearly pristine 1965 GMC 4000 with the 306 V-6, 4-speed with the 2-speed rear axle, front mounted 500 GPM Darley pump, 2 booster reels, 30-foot ladder and 1,000 gallon tank. During our first joyride last night, Peggy really got into running the siren grin

Here's the truck loaded on the trailer and ready to make the 600-mile journey to it's new home:
[img]http://www.stovebolt.com/personal/firetruck/loaded.jpg[/img]

Here's the '86 Autocar single axle dump that was my home for the weekend...

[img]http://www.stovebolt.com/personal/firetruck/loaded2.jpg[/img]


grin
John

~ John

A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult.

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