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Neat vid - the 20sec. and 1min marks show the cardox. Nothing to report on the restore/reuse etc. Purchased a carb adapter plate to put a 4bbl on it - nothing actually installed yet. Josh

Do you guys think - since this air force fire truck was a SRW 6x6 by design - with 12.00 x 20 tires (has 11.00 x 20s on it now) - that the factory wheels would have been wider than a typical DRW deuce of that era? I'm looking at procuring a set of 395s for it and am hoping the stock wheels will...

I'll try the picture post I attmpted last night with smaller pics..... Latest on the air force fire truck... finally found the data plates for this thing. They were mounted facing outboard in the passenger footwell/step. Well - this has been full of leaves for years due to the passenger door...

Here's a little vid of it running last night... Needle seat in the float bowl was probably stuck shut - reason for the manual left hand accelerator pump method to keep it running. 8-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzYD4Jy_DfQ

I posted a new reply up last night w/4 new pics. What is the story on moderator approval? I've searched this site a number of times looking for instructions and/or a guide to tell me how and or why this proccess works/occurs. I also donated $15 a little while ago after realizing there was a...

Latest on the air force fire truck... finally found the data plates for this thing. They were mounted facing outboard in the passenger footwell/step. Well - this has been full of leaves for years due to the passenger door being smashed in and inoperable. Big prybar later so we could have two...

I thought I remember reading last night somewhere they only produced 79 of these guys? I'm not sure if that was for 1955 or 1955-59. I'll try and dig it back up... Guys at binderplanet seem to think the engine might be an RD-450 (Red Diamond). Here are some more pics I have found...

Link w/more pics... http://www.dodfire.net/fire_vehicles/PhotoAlbum.asp?ShowSub=0-6

Specifically you guys earlier in the thread referenced a R6602 Continental engine, as did the nomenclature sheet... where this truck appears to have an IH engine of some sort.

Hey guys... I'm the one with the odd looking air force fire truck. I finally dug up some more pics to post in hopes that you guys could tell me if this truck matches what the 0-6 nomenclature sheet DDoyle posted in the 1st page of this thread lists/shows. More pics here...