My New Toy

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Well went back down to the auction site today armed with a battery and "lot drove" it a little bit. It starts right up with no hesitation what so ever but it's blowing a bit of blue smoke which hopefully has more to do with the fact it's been sitting for 5-7 years and what little gas it has isn't burning well. It stops, but not in a way that I want to panic stop from 65mph with for sure. Front end of it seems a little loose to me, so I have to have that checked out as well.



On the equipment side after fiddling with the switch panel I got the rear heater/ac blower to work, also the flood lights on both side are working. I can't get the red lights along the side and back to do anything yet, but the both of those big honking F/S Power Lights work quite nicely. As do the teardrop lights on the front fenders. So a trip over to the local fire truck garage may be in order to totally sort out the electrical workings once I get it to go, stop and turn. The F/S PA Director siren works too, and sounds great coming out of those twin speakers.



Next weekend hopefully I will have all the necessary paperwork to register it (they forgot to give me a form with the title) so I can go down armed with plates, insurance and AAA to tow it to a shop to check the brakes and front end.