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tamangel · 07-18-2009, 16:18

ebay auction item # 270424739743
auction ended: Jul-18-09 10:24:45 PDT
sold @ $1351.00 w/ 11 bids
location: Edgewater, NJ, United State

1952 M135 BRUSH TRUCK, 6CYLINDER GAS MOTOR, WATER TANK(MISSING PUMP), 4800 MILES. POWER SHIFT TRANS, PTO WINCH, AIR OVER HYD BRAKES, ALL NEW BRAKES AND AIR VALVES, STEERING WAS REDONE WTH AN AIR POWER STEERING. TRUCK CAME FROM VA MEDICAL CENTER FIRE DEPT. TRUCK IS VERY SOLID, FEW MINOR RUST SPOTS. TRUCK SAT INDOOR FOR A LONG TIME, VERY LITTLE USE ON IT. PAINT NEEDS GOOD DETAIL JOB, DRIVER SIDE WINDOW CRACKED. HERE'S THE PROBLEM, MOTOR DON'T RUN, THEY CLAIM, TRUCK WAS DRIVEN IN, PARKED FOR FEW YEARS AND WOULD NOT START NOW. I PUT A WRENCH ON THE CRANK AND COULD NOT TURN IT, OIL LOOKS GOOD, ANTI FREEZ LOOKS GOOD. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PULL PLUGS AND DROP SOME OIL IN THE PISTONS. TRUCK IS COMPLETE. TRUCK LOOKS VERY WELL MAINTAINED. DRIVER SIDE WINDOW NOT CRACKED AND IS GOOD, DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD HAS ONE STRIGHT CRACK. MANY OF YOU WANTS TO KNOW IF ITS A HARD TOP. YES, ITS RARE HARD TOP, ELEC HOSE REEL AND ALL LIGHTS WORKS FINE. TANK HAS NO LEAKS.

no connections w/ seller..info only

Mike

tamangel · 07-18-2009, 16:20

1952 gmc m135 brush truck 2/3

tamangel · 07-18-2009, 16:22

1952 gmc m135 brush truck 3/3

Wolf.Dose · 07-19-2009, 08:53

It is alway nice to see which treasures are found here and there. And that in a time where you think that all hidden treasures are found allready.
Wolf

99dodge1500 · 07-21-2009, 14:10

What axels are those I have a set of them, and was wondering if they were the same bolt pattern as Rockwells?, Sorry if I stole your thread, but didn't want to start a new one for a question that is pertaining to your trucks.

tamangel · 08-05-2009, 00:59

Not much Left.. but hey, 'very good condition..'

ebay item # 290335027333
auction ended/did not sell / no bids
Start price $700.00 Buy it now $3000.00
location: Michigan, United States

1943 Ford Army Firetruck Class 325 4x2
1943 Army firetruck. Truck in very good condition. Not running motor turns odometer shows 04066 miles.

no connection w/ seller// info only...

Mike W

530c6x6 · 08-25-2009, 10:03

I justed picked up the 1990-2008 version of the Army "tactical" firefighting truck. Here are some pictures. I previously restored a 530C.

I'm looking for some of the tools such as crash rescue tool roll, Vestanks, K12 saw and grappling hook

Jeff
member MVPA SPAAMFAA ,Absecon Fire Dept. , Belmar Fire Dept , New Jersey Forest Fire Service C division

530c6x6 · 08-25-2009, 10:08

here is a side shot of my project

tamangel · 08-28-2009, 18:04

an old ad but thought I would put it here anyway just for reference..

Vehicles of Victory, LLC » Vehicles for Sale

scroll down to CCKW Fire Truck

my friend Jim Davis (http://www.firetrucks.mil-fire.net/)

had these comments:
If this truck was one of 50 built towards the end of WW II it would have been a CLASS 335 (300 gallon per minute front bumper mounted pump) conversion kit. That is it was not built as a fire truck from the wheels up but was a fire truck body (factory built) installed on a 2-1/2 on 6x6 GMC platform with the rest of the equipment needed to complete the job cannibalized from a smaller fire truck.

There are two ways to learn if this a 325:
1. if you have the pump see what the GPM is.
2. see if you can read the USA Registration number on either side of the hood or the back of the fire truck body, If he number starts with a 4, the truck is a CLASS 335.
3. if the number starts with a 50 the truck is a CLASS 530 (500 GPM FBRM pump). Only 24 of these trucks were ordered in the closing days of WW II. However after the war it and its 3 successors became the Army's standard field fire truck through the Vie Nam War.

info only..

Mike

srodocker · 08-28-2009, 18:32

wow that 52' m135 is amazing looking! my buddy wants one now