Posted by PJH on January 28, 2012 at 19:17:40 from (50.40.215.61):
In Reply to: Fire truck posted by Paul Janke on January 28, 2012 at 16:41:03:
Our local VFD, which I used to be a member of when I lived in town, has a '53 Chevy fire truck that they keep for parades. It looks like a brand new one. In the early '70's, it was our only truck. One night we were called to a rural fire about 12 miles from the station. We were ripping down IL Rte. 3, along the Mississippi river, with the lights flashing, and two semi's passed us. We just looked at each other and laughed. I think the engine had babbetted rods. It had a loose rod once in it's life, and there was a hand painted sign on the dash that said, "Speed not to exceed 50 MPH". One of our firemen was a milk truck driver, and we were always glad to see him drive it. He's slip it up in neutral as we topped over a big hill, and it would fairly fly. The tires and brakes were always on my mind. They were the original tires - 20 years old and cracked so bad they looked like a road map of Georgia. And the brakes - one call we pulled out of the firehouse and coasted up the driveway across the street because the brakes were gone. Ahhh - the good old days when times were bad. . . Thank God they have better funding now. I think they now have six trucks, counting the '53.
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