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[h=5]Here's a shot of the M715 I've had for about 16 years now...it used to belong to a small fire department from my home town in Tennessee and was like new when they got it. Although I was a small boy when they received it on a federal grant, I still remember seeing "Sgt Savio" stenciled on the green beauty in white. After being retrofitted with a water tank, pump and a few other necessities, the truck was painted bright yellow. Even my first summer job had me working at the small fire hall that this machine was kept, so it's safe to say that we go way back.
As the years passed, I moved away to work and the small department picked up newer and more modern firefighting vehicles. Eventually it was decided that the truck was no longer needed and I received word that it was going to be sold. Fortunately I was able to buy the yellow truck that I grew up with and subsequently tinkered around on it here and there over the years that followed. Among the changes were getting rid of the 230 tornado six cylinder with the manual transmission and dropped a 440 magnum with a 727 trans in it's place. There has been many other modifications as well but for the sake of keeping it short, here's the most recent being a custom set of twin tube nerf bars made from stainless steel along with a custom stainless exhaust.[/h]
As the years passed, I moved away to work and the small department picked up newer and more modern firefighting vehicles. Eventually it was decided that the truck was no longer needed and I received word that it was going to be sold. Fortunately I was able to buy the yellow truck that I grew up with and subsequently tinkered around on it here and there over the years that followed. Among the changes were getting rid of the 230 tornado six cylinder with the manual transmission and dropped a 440 magnum with a 727 trans in it's place. There has been many other modifications as well but for the sake of keeping it short, here's the most recent being a custom set of twin tube nerf bars made from stainless steel along with a custom stainless exhaust.[/h]
