Showing posts with label fire trucks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fire trucks. Show all posts

12.30.2010

1910's to 1950's fire engines

1910 Peerless

1928 Seldon and I noticed that this and the 1910 Peerless are moth barked Ft Washington

12.17.2010

Caradisiac... lots of interesting trucks to find there


This looks like something from the 1910's or 20's that had a crane mounted on the back decades after the truck was made

WW2 military Dodge Power Wagon that was made into a fire company auxillary vehicle

12.14.2010

Jim and Chesters Garage Tumblr has a lot of cool stuff!

An enclosed transporter made from a fire truck, not the first I've seen! Les made one http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/06/68-ford-transporter-aint-that-cool-i.html

An Edsel racing Baja.. amazing




Above is the James Garner race team


from http://prova275.tumblr.com/ Jim and Chesters Garage Tumblr

12.12.2010

Photos of the unusual from days gone by thread on the HAMB

Sad.



Looks like 2 or 3 Buick bodies grafted together with an RV on top.
I just found this post on the Hemmings Blog, and it identifies this vehicle as having been called the ShamRockAway http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2011/01/31/hemmings-find-of-the-day-the-shamrockaway
if you guessed the above is a stretched Locomobile Model 48 with a 525 CI six, you're right
Never seen Jeeps on a transporter before




From http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=270

9.28.2010

The Bob McDorman Collection is going to be auctioned at Mecum, Nov 5th and 6th, no reserve


1927 Chevrolet SOHIO Tanker Truck (SOHIO =Standard Oil company of Ohio)




1920 Chevrolet SOHIO horse drawn gas wagon


1927 Chevrolet Wrecker 1 Ton



1929 Chevrolet Fire Truck 1 Ton
For the whole collection gallery, as it has "150 Cars including the World's Most Complete Corvette Collection"