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| | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 18 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 18 | I am starting to work on my 1941 Chevy Howard Cooper fire truck. I have a couple of questions that I would like to have some opinions on:
The truck originally served with the Orting, WA fire department. The "Orting" part of the name has mostly been removed. I want to rename it "Volunteer Fire Dept" in honor of all of us who served our communities to help our neighbors, not for pay. What are your thoughts on the rename?
I have a picture of the truck with a metal "basket" up on the hosebed behind the driver's seat for the booster hose. I am used to Howard Coopers with a booster hose reel. Should I try to build the basket or look for a reel?
There are several parts of the truck that have ugly hand painted labels, including the shift pattern on the dashboard. Should I preserve these as part of being from a poor volunteer department or spruce it up a bit for car shows?
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Tony
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,586 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,586 | My thoughts are, Keep it original.
It tells the history, by being what it is.
Redo the drive train though and drive it the way it is.
Don
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery1946 2-Ton grain truck 1946 3/4-ton pickup, 1953 1-ton pickup 1957 1-ton flatbed dually, 1954 Pontiac Straight Eight Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 264 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 264 | Well its what's your comfortable with. On our truck the appearance over all is staying as we found it, but restoring the details like labelling pump panel, pinstripes and polishing up the heavily patinaed paint to a general shine. The nice thing is whichever way you go it's bound to be really well received wherever you go. I'm finding not many car shows get big trucks let alone a FIRE TRUCK! | | |
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