Popular Post Bombsquad Posted August 9, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 9, 2014 So as some of you know I used to be all about rotaries and mazdas, however sometime towards the start of the year I sprouted a chest hair and decided to ditch the childish triangle in favour of manly pistons and black smoke!! I also own a demolition company so decided it would be great as a crew truck, dust control, hosing down protesting hippies and associated pumping. Ive been looking for one of these for about 3 years, 99% of them are rusty and the commonly fitted 555 cummins V8s have electrolysis issues and corrode the bores if not looked after. So when i came across this one i was surprised to see its fitted with a Perkins Inline turbo diesel and Eaton 6 speed syncro gearbox (being a later model aussie assembled Inter/Acco) and the body is the best condition I've ever seen, a range of stickers around the cab indicate treatment with about 3 different kinds of rust protectant. It still fitted with all the pump gear and hoses, has the drafting lines for sucking water from rivers etc and is a fully functional fire appliance. I was originally planning on painting it black in the style of the american S.W.A.T team trucks, but the reception of the public and realisation of how freakin expensive/difficult it would be to paint a firetruck gloss black has prompted me to keep it red and just paint my other vehicles to match. So the future plans?? In the short term it will be tinted and sign written with my company details in the same font and style as the original fire service graphics. Next will be things like twin exhausts up the back of the cab and a decent down pipe off the turbo. Im going to attempt to find some red lights and the siren setup just because I'm sick of people asking if it has them, though i have fitted a train horn to it to aid in running red lights and scaring the crap out of pedestrians. In the long term I'm going to look at removing the artillery hubs and replacing them with newer multi studs and fitting front and rear Super Singles plus more as i think of it. Parking like a bawse... 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombsquad Posted August 9, 2014 Author Share Posted August 9, 2014 Also Mods, my apologies if you feel this should be in "Other" i wasn't quite sure where it would fit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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