Mike Thanks for the info, it helps me understand better what I have here and how it works. Yes I do have pictures posted on photobucket and there is a link on my last post here. Actually you have seen some pictures of this truck already. I contacted Kert Rosenkotter in Missouri to see if he could help me find out some more info about the truck. I bought it last year in O'fallon Mo. The truck was in service with the Qulin Fire Dept. I have tried to contact the Qulin Fire dept but have gotten no response. It seems that the truck has been repainted within the past 20 years. The spot lights and siren has been removed and the holes have been mig welded in. It could have been done sooner or later but that is my guess. The lettering on the door was done by a Bill Yates in Doniphan Mo. Maybe this could be another lead I could check into?
Last year sometime in November I believe that this truck was up for auction and a couple of Stovebolters were talkin about it. About two months later the truck went up for auction on Ebay and that is how I bought it. The previous owner stated that the rumor was this truck helped to extinguish a fire at the boyhood home of Mark Twain.
The truck is in excellent restoreable condition, I want to try to fix what I need to and get the truck on the road this spring. I don't want to take the truck all apart and not be able to use it for a few years. Maybe in the future but for now it is in my garage and I am enjoying it . Joe B.
Here are some more specs about the truck for those who are interested:
1950 Chevy fire truck
16,000 gvw
235 low pressure 6 cyl.
4spd with 2spd rear
Barton-American UA-50 front mount pump (500 gpm)
32' wooden extension ladder
fireman's ax
3 4" x 12' hard suction lines
Sun Tachometer with transmitter
Motorola 2 way radio model D436-1
Pa speaker
8" sireno revolving light
Dietz 10" search light
factory truck bumper guards
dual tire chains
