What is it about this car is so familiar???

[detmatt]

Hmmmmm....
http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/cto/4032157749.html

 

[polara71]

I saw that a few weeks back...... Almost twins, a year apart. I told dad about it last weekend but he wants a fire truck

 

[1978 NYB]

That is a nice looking Polara. Looks pretty clean.

 

[commando1]

I told dad about it last weekend but he wants a fire truck

...................:laughing4:

 

[bluefury361]

he wants a fire truck

WHO dosen't.......! A big red one with a steering wheel all the way in the back.

 

[commando1]

I hosey TillerMan
Ride the Whip!!

 

[polara71]

...................:laughing4:

WHO dosen't.......! A big red one with a steering wheel all the way in the back.

I hosey TillerMan
Ride the Whip!!

Mock what you do not understand

 

[polara71]

Now, someone tell me thats not badass..........

 

[Fratzog]

Retired FF?

 

[polara71]

Retired FF?

Volunteer. From about 1970 to the mid 80's. I grew up in that firehouse waiting for dad to come back from a run, climbing on trucks, drinking cokes, playing shuffle board and shooting pool. This was their newest ladder.. A 1975 Imperial

 

[Fratzog]

Those trucks must cost a fortune. It helps explain why you like your vehicles large.

 

[polara71]

Those trucks must cost a fortune. It helps explain why you like your vehicles large.

:laughing4: .........................................

The first truck is a 1955 Maxim, the same type of truck that they had back then BUT not the SAME truck. That is their ladder, a fortune? Cant say what they were but costs are a lot more today than they were back then

 

[Fratzog]

Each plant at USS where I work has their own FD. Those guys are always maintaining and cleaning their vehicles. I've been involved with recruiting for the FD. It's actually a highly technical profession. My recollection is those trucks are way in the 6 figures.

 

[polara71]

In 75' that ladder cost six figures.......... Now, a million or close to it for a ladder

This was the pump in dads company