Your red before WWII fire truck to me seems to bee a nice pice of restoreable iron. Try hard, keep it alive.
To my knowledge the equipment of fire trucks was in the beginning of standardisation by that time. Compare the equipment only with simelar designed bodys of later models. But you can not be sure that your selected equipment is historical correct except you find the equipment list fitting to your serial number.
Good luck! Keep it running!
Hi Wolf...none of these pic's I put up are rigs of mine nor do I have any connection with the sellers/owners/etc.. Just an interest that I have and I like to attempt to keep any MV fire rig info/pic's in one thread if possible..
These fire truck pics are killer. I own an ex-fire truck... 1952 GMC XM211 that was a Water Tender for Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire department for approximately 10 years. I bought it in 2005 when we surplused it. Runs fantastic. I took the tank and pump off and am getting ready to put a 1952 original bed on it. It ran a Vanguard 18hp 2 cylinder pump with dual outputs (one on each side), carried about 400 ft of 1 1/2 inch line and 100ft of booster on a manual hose reel. The tank is 1000 gallon. We are using the tank for firefighting water storage in an area that has very little water. That much weight and that truck ran like it was empty all the time.
I will try to get some pics of the 2 current tenders we have. Both M35 series.
Hi Ron, from your roster, looks like Engines 412 and 433 are 6X6's.. Also looks like you have a M715 also? Engine 651... Can we see a pic of that one also at your convenience also? I know there are a number of 715's converted to fire use, don't see too many here however.. Anyone have any in their local departments?
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"This is an ex-military fire truck that had been in the Navy out in California most of its life. It was transferred through the general service administration to Fort Worth, Texas. I bought it direct from the government. This truck could be a really nice restoration project. It has a factory installed Chrysler Industrial Hemi under the hood. I have been told that this was the first year that the Hemi engine was installed in Mack trucks. There were 50 of these trucks made for the US Navy. A 354 Hemi powered them all. I do know that this truck was originally out in California, what Naval station I do not know. The serial number on the firewall underneath the hood reads 1018. I was also told where to find the serial number on the frame and it is: B475CF1018. We have recently ran this truck and it needs a water pump, and I have not been able to locate one. This Mack is the open top version."
Seems that everything that could somehow hold a fire fighting set was good enouph to become a fire truck. So every think imaginiable seems to be correct (unless someone can prove somthing else). Seems that all armys of this world are the same!
Wolf from Germany
Hi Wolf, I would be curious if you ever came across any fire rigs in Germany built on ex-USA military trucks in your travels..? If you see any, maybe you could post pic's here..
Nice fire trucks, all of then! No space......
Your question: You sometimes still find here and there a former military fire truck. I know at least 2 on the Lahr Airport (former Canadian airfield, nowadays Black Forrest Airport). But no pics, sorry.
Due to standardisation of European fire trucks and the upcoming truck industrie in Germany in the 50's, all former military based Fire Trucks are sold meanwile (F.e. Ditzenbach had a M62 Wrecker which was sold about 20 or more years ago). The standardisation is very high on these trucks in Europe (reason: any fire station knows the contence and the equipment of the trucks, no thinking required for quick action even on the trucks of another fire department).
But if I find something interesting a n d have my camera with me...
Maybe someday I can ad a little.
Wolf
