notjustair
Well-known Member
In a moment of weakness I bought a fire truck. Yes, a fire truck.
I had been on the lookout for a 61-66 Ford F600 to put a bale bed on and make an oversized ?pickup? to do chores with. Our grain truck growing up was one and it was quite a smooth running 292 and quick on the way home from the elevator.
Keep in mind I have a 35, 54, 55, and 58 Chevy in addition to a 74 Ford F600. All running driving grain trucks I use either for seed or other jobs on the farm. I wanted a Ford.
I bought this 64 from a township where I grew up. It?s a volunteer department and it has racked up the sum total of 2200 miles. I know the oil leaks will begin, but overall a good winter project.
Do you think there?s a market for that pumper body or the pumps on the front? It?s so pristine I hate to mess with it, but it?s just the kind of perfect I wanted to start from. I had considered removing the pumper body (and it?s copper holding tank) and putting it up on stands in the back of the shed, but I know I would never put it back on.
I had been on the lookout for a 61-66 Ford F600 to put a bale bed on and make an oversized ?pickup? to do chores with. Our grain truck growing up was one and it was quite a smooth running 292 and quick on the way home from the elevator.
Keep in mind I have a 35, 54, 55, and 58 Chevy in addition to a 74 Ford F600. All running driving grain trucks I use either for seed or other jobs on the farm. I wanted a Ford.
I bought this 64 from a township where I grew up. It?s a volunteer department and it has racked up the sum total of 2200 miles. I know the oil leaks will begin, but overall a good winter project.
Do you think there?s a market for that pumper body or the pumps on the front? It?s so pristine I hate to mess with it, but it?s just the kind of perfect I wanted to start from. I had considered removing the pumper body (and it?s copper holding tank) and putting it up on stands in the back of the shed, but I know I would never put it back on.