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I'm now the proud owner of a 1950 Chevy RFD fire truck . Hope to pick it up later this week . See ebay # 230300060816 . John M - you now need to get your truck to next years KC event . We need to form a Stovebolt.com Volunteer Fire Dept. Oh Ya ! ED H

Looks good Ed. Not too many people bid on it, either. Good job winning it, too.

Link to Ed's new buy

You are going to love it!!!! Congratulations. My advise: Take lots of pictures to share right from the moment you get it.

I'm Jealous!!!!

that really cool!

Ed, if you keep colecting trucks your gonna have to get a dealers license I checked it out and it seems you got a sweeeeet deal! Move over Miliman, Ed is moving in!!!

I hope to pick up the truck on Friday . This time I will make sure to take plenty of pictures of the adventure . I'm going to drive her back home about 275 miles . Nice and slow - I will go - with a friend in tow ( well at least following me ) . I've already been approched about a 1950's Chevy fire truck in Texas by a fellow VFW member ( ex-fireman ) . I did not realize that my post had so many retired and ex-firemen in it . I think they want the post to adopt the truck .They have already started telling me where to find items and to whom I should talk to about things I may need help with . And this is before the 3 vol. and 1 reg. fire depts. in town find out about the truck . I've been warned that I might have to beat off all the local firefighters that will want be your New friend (LOL ). Have to get her tuned up and operable before spring grass burning season starts next year . My rancher friend ( and where I store my extra trucks ) burns each year and already knows several of his neighbors that will want me around to help control their burns . Having done this in the past with a pickup mounted water tank and low GPH pumps it will be nice to have something with more Reach and designed for the purpose . Nothing like getting a boyhood dream and getting to use it for what is was designed for . Ed H

Live the dream, Ed.

I'm happy for you.

Form a Stovebolt Vol. Fire Department??

Ed ... We've had one for awhile now, buddy -- you're just the newest member!! VA Firetruck and I (and Mike B and the other guys) will bring our trucks over ... so you can wash and wax 'em, probie!!

I saw that truck ... looks like a good one! Man, once you get a load of how fun it is to tool around in a firetruck, ol Toto is gonna wonder what happened to ya!

Welcome to the club!
John

good looking truck, have fun with it, makes me want one thats red, my little green one just can't cut the mustard with the rest of you

Cool truck!

Ed,

You've probably already learned this, but that pump on the front is a Barton U-40 (maybe a U-50), 400 (or 500) gallon-per-minute job. Sold by American Fire Apparatus out of Battle Creek, Michigan (no longer in existence). You've also got their vacuum primer under the hood on the fire wall, a pretty cool little bit of engineering to prime the pump using manifold vacuum.

I've got some manuals and schematics of the pump, if you need 'em, when you get to it. I've got a couple of these pumps at my place, one's on a '41 Chevy. I love talking about 'em, so message me if you want.

Congratulations!

-Michael

Mike ; I would love Any info you have on the pump or truck that you could send me . Hope to get the truck home on Saturday late and then I will have a better idea as to what I have . The old owner knew almost nothing . When I asked for the wheel base and get the reply - it's 7ft - you know better than ask anything more about the truck . I'll take plenty of and post them . ED H

GREAT looking firetruck!! Congratulations!!!

REAL NICE looking truck Ed.

Kevin

Lucky you Ed. My wife would draw the line on that purchase....as in which half of the estate I would be left with. The only fire truck I ever had fit in a sand box.

Like to see your pics

Looks like the weather this weekend in N.C.Iowa will not be condusive to getting the ol gal :mad: . We shall see what happens. Darn - foiled again . Can you put skis on fire trucks ? Ed H

Must be firetruck season in Kansas... Picked up this not-stovebolt 1957 Dodge 800 firetruck October 6 in central Kansas.
Ryan

I think your right about the fire truck season . There is a '60's Ford CO fire truck about 24 miles away .Could'nt get it ( tho she sure was perdy ) I'd get run over by Toto and the old chevys - multible times no less. They Just tolerate my ferd PU as it is and TOTO has yet to forgive me for having to Carry a found-on-road-dead all the way to KC and back ( lol) . Heck your truck is just over one hour away from me . Sure wish mine was there and yours was in Iowa ! Ain't I just the nicest cuss ? ED H

I bought a 1950 Chevy fire truck in Morrell Nebraska in 1993. It had 4 thousand original miles on it. It was perfect with gold leaf lettering and all. I flew up there one way and drove it all the way back to central Texas.........what a memorable journey!

Enjoy yours!

Joe, yes that truck.

Ed - I know mine does not drive yet, brake pedal went straight to the floor sounds like you got a good chance to drive it as is.

I don't know about you but now that I have this firetruck I have to figure out what to do with it. I guess I should have thought of that first...

Guys like us need No brakes - just throw out the anchor and it will snag on something sooner or later . And as to what to do with the truck - I have plenty of ideas - work it as a back up fire truck during the pasture burning season ( the local RFD's like that idea )- partnering with the local department and RFD's for fire safety programs at schools - near the bottom of the list is run it in a parade the last is restore it and admire it as it sits . If I can't work my trucks what good are they to me ? Ed H

Oh man, I can see it now, Ed...

One dark night outside Wamego, Kansas, a fire started inside the local chemical plant and in a blink of an eye it exploded into massive flames. The alarm went out to all the fire departments for miles around.

When the volunteer fire fighters appeared on the scene, the Chemical company president rushed to the fire chief and said, "All of our secret formulas are in the vault in the center of the plant. They must be saved. I will give $50,000 to the fire department that brings them out intact." But the roaring flames held the firefighters off.

Soon more fire departments had to be called in as the situation became desperate. As more firemen arrived, the president shouted out that the offer was now $100,000 to the fire department who could bring out the company's secret files. Still no takers.

From the distance, a lone siren was heard as another fire truck came into sight. It was a 1950 Chevrolet fire truck crewed by some local farmers.

To everyone's amazement, the little run-down fire engine, operated by these old codgers, passed all the newer sleek engines parked outside the plant...and drove straight into the middle of the inferno. Outside, the other firemen watched as the old timers jumped off and began to fight the fire with a performance and effort never seen before.


Within a short time, the old farmers and their Stovebolt (owned by their chief, Ed Hoover) had extinguished the fire and saved the secret formulas. The grateful chemical company president joyfully announced that for such a superhuman feat he was upping the reward to $200,000, and walked over to personally thank each of the brave, though, elderly, farmer firefighters.

The local TV news reporters rushed in after capturing the event on film asking, "What are you going to do with all that money?"

"Well," said Ed Hoover, the old fire chief, "da furst ting ahm gonna doo is fix da brakes on dat dang truck!!!"

oldie, but still a goodie!


John

Man, you had me burning up on that one John

Glad you liked it!


Alvin -- for some reason, I was thinking of you today. I think I was messing around with *your* Gator

John

One problem with that story John . I would have bailed out long before I would have drivin into the fire ! I've spent time in a burn ward before and beleive me NO amount of money would get me to do that ! Road rash yes - burns NO . But that was a Great story. FYI the fire dept.'s name is ; The OZ Volunteer Fire Brigade. "The home of the Firefighting Flying Monkeys of OZ" ! How's that for a mouth full . And just think of the T-shirt possibilitys. A flying monkey wearing a Leather fire hat and fire coat - holding a hose in one hand and a fire ax in the other . I just Love it . Crazy ED H

John, don't you think its time to give it back? No wonder I can't find it

Nice truck, I am sure you are going to have fun!