My 1957 Chevrolet 10500 Fire engine served 38 years in the Fredericksburg, PA Fire Company and was driven at total of 11,282 miles. The cab and chassis cost about $4000 and the fire body with equipment cost about $9600, so for a little over $13K you could buy a fire truck ready to go!
I brought the truck home in November 2002 and drove it unrestored for 3 years. Then in 2005 it got a cosmetic restoration. Then in 2009 Hallmark Greeting Cards contacted me asking if they could use our truck for their 2011 Christmas ornament...we said YES! Through the years my wife and I drove it all over the eastern half of the US taking it to truck shows. When we sold it in (2019?) we had driven it over 30K additional miles. The truck was sold again and is now in Sweden.
Mike B
