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Apr 26th, 2026 | | 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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| | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 141 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 141 | Today I bought a GMC 453 Fire Truck. It can be seen here http://home.comcast.net/~chriseye/images/ft1.jpgI don't know what I will end up doing with it. The options are 1. Restore it. 2. Take its 302 for my 1 ton, and sell the rest. 3. Build a smaller (1/2 or 3/4 ton) pickup with the fire truck cab. I really don't need another project. Chris | | | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 195 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 195 | Very interesting old truck!
Red meat is not bad for you.........Fuzzy green meat is bad for you!
"What happens in the garage stays in the garage!"
1958 Chevy Spartan 100 firetruck in the Gallery
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 88 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 88 | Mt. Tam Trucker,
Do you know who was the fire body mfg? | | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 141 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 141 | No, I don't have a clue which company did it. It has a Van Pelt Pump. I think that Van Pelt built trucks as well as the pumps. So maybe it is a Van Pelt. More photos can be seen here http://home.comcast.net/~chriseye/ft.htmlThanks, Chris | | | | | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,519 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,519 | Hi Chris, pretty cool new "project". I think ive seen it adv. somewhere lately. Craigslist?
I sent you a PM.
Marty | | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 141 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 141 | Someone posted a link on here to an ebay auction. Only one person placed a bid and did not meet the reserve. So I contacted the seller and made a deal.
After more research, I am thinking that it is a Van Pelt Truck.
I am puzzled about the bed. At first, I and the previous owner thought that the rear part of the fire truck body had been removed, and the truck had been converted into a flat bed. But after inspecting the bed, I can see that at one time the bed was two feet shorter, leaving a 2 foot space between the cab and the bed. Spmeone extended the bed to reach the cab. From underneath, it looks like a factory bed. Yesterday, U saw my friend Rusty's truck which alway looked wierd to me because his bed has a 2 foot gap between it and the cab. So maybe his truck was originally the same?
Chris | | | | | Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 39 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 39 | Could be a possibility that there were sides on the bed, and that the bed on the truck now was/is the original hose bed with the body/sides removed? The 2 foot space could have been for a water tank?
No 'bolt yet, but if you'd like to help me out with that, send me a message! Or check out my wanted add in the swap meet.
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