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AD Chevy Trucks Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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is this yours? Please say something about it.
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'Bolter
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it is mine came from local fire dept has 22k miles 366 5sp with 2sp rear
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sweet! What are your plans for it?
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'Bolter
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just bought it to get the sheet metal just havnt had the heart to take it apart yet
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'Bolter
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Is it an Air Brake truck or Hydraulic? Does everything work?
Mike B
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Dill68, we have quite a few firetruck guys here....like Mike B about and don't forget Don (2-ton)
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'Bolter
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hyrdalic brakes runs and drives one the fireman i know said all works and would show me how to run pumps if i wanted him to
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'Bolter
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What are your plans for the "sheet metal"? Tell us about your project...
Mike B
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'Bolter
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Thinking about using sheet metal and running gear in dump truck
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'Bolter
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Might be easier to shorten the fire engine frame and transfer the dump bed onto that chassis.
The dump truck has the Firestone RH-5 rims...not good.
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I wonder if you could find a dump body that fits the existing C60 frame?
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Here's an American LaFrance factory photo of your rig before it left the Elmira, NY plant. The location was a favorite site for photographing their trucks - maybe a school. The truck carried a 750-gallon-per-minute two-stage pump with likely a 500-gallon water tank - your basic, no-frills pumper, except for the 2-speed rear end, and maybe the 5-speed transmission.
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