[quote name='GA_Dave' post='200675' date='Mar 28 2008, 14:45 ']Good stuff, Juergen! This rig has a Pierce Minuteman body. The Minuteman was a forerunner to today's rescue pumper. The full-depth compartments limited the tank to 500 gallons, but allowed much more equipment to be carried than in the typical Suburban body. Most Minuteman bodies were built on conventional Ford amd GM chassis but some were Ford C's and even a couple were built on custom chassis.[/quote]
Dave, thanks for the info.
Here is some more stuff from the West.
HazMat 253 from Tualatin Valley/OR was a 1985 Ford C-8000 with Marion bodywork.
Engine 2 in Oakley/Idaho was a 1966 Ford C-850 with bodywork from Young. It has a 1000 gpm-pump and a 500 gallon-tank. Probably bought used from an eastcoast department. Any info ?
[quote name='kieferfire' post='201199' date='Mar 30 2008, 13:01 ']Engine 2 in Oakley/Idaho was a 1966 Ford C-850 with bodywork from Young. It has a 1000 gpm-pump and a 500 gallon-tank. Probably bought used from an eastcoast department. Any info ?
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1966? According to my Ford truck book, quad headlights appeared on Ford C-series trucks only from 1958 until 1961 at the latest.
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