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RE: Re: RE: Year from VIN for SF97 and other SF97 questions The ID # 041 00571-0539-13124 is actually ID 04L 00571-0539-13124. Unlike Medlog, I am confident this is an ex-Army truck. The 0539-13124 is the VIn, the 04L00571 is the registration number. Regards, David Doyle

I believe that light, which is supposed to be on the left fender, is actually amber. (I'll have to look at mine to be sure). It is a flashing light, controlled by a switch in the cab. It is served as a warning light that is was a wrecker (this was engineered and entered production long before...

0539-15939 is a 1972 model. No info on Texas-specific questions.

The deuce fire truck tanks are not heated by the exhaust, as others have mentioned its the deuce water tankers (M50 series). Best wishes, David Doyle

Thanks Jeff, and yes on the fuel tanks, am heading back your way very soon. DD

The pressure is from the injection nozzle itself. An IP pump is like any other positive displacement pump - it moves volume (and it has a MAX pressure rating) but the pressue is actually developed at the nozzle. Take the lines lose, the fluid squirts harmlessly. Its like putting your finger...

Chris is correct - Memphis Equipment has these panels - I think in a couple of configurations. Regards, David

Guys, I've got a fair library of manuals, but I am several miles from them now. Could someone tell me the model number of the Zenith carb fitted to some R6602 engines in G-744 five-tons (specifically, the M62)? Once upon a time, I had this memorized, now if I could just find my mind...

Re: RE: fire Both those photos were taken in Italy - and, the encircled star was introduced for operations in Sicily, before the Normandy invasion. BTW, the army 6x6 tactical fire truck was developed by GI firefighters in Italy when they combined a captured German water tank, a CCKW, and the...

the correct color would be OD 319. There are folks who talk about early and late WWII colors - BUT the manufacturing records for Ford, Mack and Willys all say that their products were the same color number beginning to end. Remember, the five-digit FS color system didn't exist during WWII -...

On related note - it IS illegal to "display" (which is not the same as "turn on") certain color beacons (and/or have affixed sirens) in many cities/counties and perhaps states. I'm involved in a fire truck club, and this is an issue that has arisen from time to time - usually when somebody does...

RE: Re: RE: 2 1/2 ton fire truck auction I am trying to reach the new owners as this is being typed..... John Bean is a manufacturer of large, expensive, high pressure pumps, and some spray equipment. Having spent several years in that industry - and with my dad still in that industry - I'm...

Dudes! This is in Tennesse, and I am tapped out, but somebody needs to save this truck. This may have been used as a fire truck - but that is NOT what it was built for. It was built as a super-rare decontamination truck (also used to spray agent orange in Vietnam). I'll post up some pix...

RE: Re: RE: Saving 6TL batteries with EDTA My publishing agreements would not allow me to post the articles here - but I think one of them is already on line (by the publisher) - I'll look into that. DD

RE: Re: RE: Saving 6TL batteries with EDTA Articles I've done on EDTA have appeared in Military Vehicles Magazine, Old Cars Weekly, and a John Deere enthusiast magazine that escapes my mind at the moment - likely one of these is on line. I'll try to get more specific about when/where later...

Been there, done that, wrote an article about it.

Glad to help - I find this type of thing very intersting. As for the rest of the message, your close - I'd say 99+ percent of the 5 tons did - I know where one of the original 5-6 prototypes is - and will take a CLOSE look at it in about 3 months. (If I said all five tons, sure as the devil...

RE: anybody? I have bought obscure items from Sam Winer in the past - IIRC, I dealt with Robert Zetzer there - I may not have spelled that correctly. Everything I got was as described by him, and shipped in a timely manner. Regards, David Doyle

Gentlemen - I believe I have found the definative answer to this question. Attached is a request for a quotation for the Reo-type cab that IH sent to Reo in May 1950. Pay particular attention to the area I have highlighted. By the way, Reo responded 6 days later with a quote of 408.86 - which...

Chuck, Great post! But, I'd like to correct the point above. Collusion on goverment surplus sales is prosecuted. Here are a couple of links: http://149.101.1.32/atr/cases/f0300/0388.htm http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/Pre_96/September95/483.txt.html Regards, David