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Hello from Spokane, Washington, USA. I recently bought a 1960 Ford F600 fire truck for use on the family farm. It has a front-mounted Barton American UA-50 pump and my internet searches led me to this sub-forum for more information about the pump. It appears that a member named vwlfan once created a photo album dedicated to this specific pump, but unfortunately the link to those photos (www.centuryfarm.org) is no longer valid. As a newbie to these forums I'm not allowed to view profiles or PM anyone, so if anyone here knows whether those photos and details regarding the UA-50 pump are still available somewhere I would appreciate a pointer to that information. Thank you in advance!

We've got one of our moderators who's good at tracking stuff down to see what he can find for you on this.

mugs_z - I've done what searching I can on your above link using the Way Back Machine and found all the links to the relevant pictures and posts by Bolter "vflfan" are not accessible or retrievable as the site is no longer active and access is blocked to archived files/posts. "vflfan" hasn't been seen on Stovebolt since 2017, so it's unlikely he will come back and see a PM or reply.

That being said, I'd suggest you read through this thread of his. There is a reply post in there providing links to a couple of sources for Barton American equipment documentation that you still may be able to get copies of for the requisite sign up and fee (assuming it's still being charged).

I did check the links posted throughout the thread and any from centuryfarms.org are no good as you mentioned. The one link I found still active that may prove most useful to you is The Society for the Preservation and Appreciation of Antique Motor Fire Apparatus in America which appears to be still active and could be the best source for your info.

Hope this provides you some help! Best of luck with your search!

Thank you so much for the information. Bummer that those photos are lost but I will look into the resources you suggested. Hopefully I'll find some information. Disassembly/reassembly photos would be helpful, and a copy of the operator's manual would be great. I can come back and post my findings here if there's any interest. Thank you again.

mugs, we look forward to hearing what you find. It IS a serious bummer about broken links to photos. Boo-hissss. When I'm cleaning up older threads, and I see anything with a "Webshots" link for photos, I just remove it. It was too bad all those photos got dropped. I think Webshots gave people time to retrieve them.

Good luck on the firetruck!! We have a soft spot for those. "I never wanted to be a fireman".

mugs - I think you may want to check out this offering on eBay !!! It took me a while to find the right search terms to locate this, but after scrolling through the ad pictures I am sure it covers your equipment (plus related Barton-American fire apparatus equipment) perfectly. The ad isn't mine, nor do I have any relation to the seller. Just what I found through some deep searching that I think is very much worth investing in to help with your project.

It would be awesome if you do acquire it, that maybe you would offer to share some of the information with fellow VFD truck owners, should anyone ask.

PS - I snagged some screen shots from the ad so you and others can get a taste of what's there.

Thank you Gdads51 for the heads-up! (I thought I posted a reply here earlier but it never showed up, sorry.) The images you included (plus those from the eBay offering) show a lot of great info. My local library here in Spokane is actively working to get a copy of that one instruction manual through an interlibrary loan from an Academy of Fire Science library in upstate New York, so hopefully that will work out and I can look at it for free. Thanks again!