[quote name='tntway' timestamp='1307301644' post='442843']
any updates on the restoration???
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Funny you should ask.... After posting under the SPAAMFAA president's rigs, I looked here. Sorry to say, I have been a little hypocritical myself with my rig sitting outside. I had to move it due to it blocking the whole driveway to remove my wife's 1st husband (who died 4 years ago) 1967 Camaro. Not a fan of ether spray, but it got it started and still sounds sweet after sitting for ages. After numerous attempts to find vocational schools to fix it up, I finally approached my pal at Nassau Fire Apparatus here in West Babylon, NY. They are closed on Saturdays, so I asked him if he wanted to make some extra $$$ getting the Mack ready. I can bring it in any Saturday when I am not working one of my 65 jobs (including working for them shuttling rigs and buses all over), we will work on it all day, but then it has to come back home. I lost a few thousand $$$ last week when I got a call to use it in a photo shoot with connections I have. So that got me on the ball to get it done.
As they say, when it rains, it pours. I stopped by a vocational school in Queens a few weeks ago for the same thing, but their doors are very tiny to hold a 1980 Mack CF. So, if I can get the body off, and somehow flatbed it to the school, the work can be done for a very small cost. But a few weekends at Nassau Fire may do the same thing. 3 of the 4 compartments are rusted out, the fenders may need replacing (I am told of a place in SE PA that can unofficially make the CF fenders at a decent price). He's got an air leak, and an electrical issue where it won't hold a charge even with new batteries and alternator, and may need new tires.
I may call Mr. Taylor again and get the light bar, and rear lights that were unique to F.D.N.Y. rigs (anyone have a picture of the 70's F.D.N.Y. hosebeds), and the 3 piece red bumper. Will remove all the markings of the North Versailles FD, get the work done, and hopefully a nice paint job. I also need a new "Herculite" hose bed cover, maybe the Mack Museum in Allentown has that info. So I have asked before, if anyone can help me out with any of the above, please let me know.
Pipe dreams down the road include trying to get it on TV and photo shoots with my connection, and to do the muster circuit and assist the F.D.N.Y. Fire Family Transport with funerals and their Wounded Warrior drive arounds. We will see. Thanks for asking, hopefully the next post will show some progress in a positive light.
Stay safe, Brothers.
any updates on the restoration???
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Funny you should ask.... After posting under the SPAAMFAA president's rigs, I looked here. Sorry to say, I have been a little hypocritical myself with my rig sitting outside. I had to move it due to it blocking the whole driveway to remove my wife's 1st husband (who died 4 years ago) 1967 Camaro. Not a fan of ether spray, but it got it started and still sounds sweet after sitting for ages. After numerous attempts to find vocational schools to fix it up, I finally approached my pal at Nassau Fire Apparatus here in West Babylon, NY. They are closed on Saturdays, so I asked him if he wanted to make some extra $$$ getting the Mack ready. I can bring it in any Saturday when I am not working one of my 65 jobs (including working for them shuttling rigs and buses all over), we will work on it all day, but then it has to come back home. I lost a few thousand $$$ last week when I got a call to use it in a photo shoot with connections I have. So that got me on the ball to get it done.
As they say, when it rains, it pours. I stopped by a vocational school in Queens a few weeks ago for the same thing, but their doors are very tiny to hold a 1980 Mack CF. So, if I can get the body off, and somehow flatbed it to the school, the work can be done for a very small cost. But a few weekends at Nassau Fire may do the same thing. 3 of the 4 compartments are rusted out, the fenders may need replacing (I am told of a place in SE PA that can unofficially make the CF fenders at a decent price). He's got an air leak, and an electrical issue where it won't hold a charge even with new batteries and alternator, and may need new tires.
I may call Mr. Taylor again and get the light bar, and rear lights that were unique to F.D.N.Y. rigs (anyone have a picture of the 70's F.D.N.Y. hosebeds), and the 3 piece red bumper. Will remove all the markings of the North Versailles FD, get the work done, and hopefully a nice paint job. I also need a new "Herculite" hose bed cover, maybe the Mack Museum in Allentown has that info. So I have asked before, if anyone can help me out with any of the above, please let me know.
Pipe dreams down the road include trying to get it on TV and photo shoots with my connection, and to do the muster circuit and assist the F.D.N.Y. Fire Family Transport with funerals and their Wounded Warrior drive arounds. We will see. Thanks for asking, hopefully the next post will show some progress in a positive light.
Stay safe, Brothers.
Kill 'em all, let Allah sort 'em out. NEVER forget 9/11/01 WTC, Pentagon, Pa. Avenge the acts with NO mercy.
Thanks to ALL the Brothers who were there 9/11/01 and afterwards. Words can never say what appreciation we have for you all.
Thanks to ALL the Brothers who were there 9/11/01 and afterwards. Words can never say what appreciation we have for you all.
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