Here's a Restoration Challenge (Firetruck) -- Not Mine

LandShark68_2+2 · Guru

Here's a Restoration Challenge (Firetruck) -- Not Mine

eeluddy · Uber Guru

Probably worth the $2500 in salvage and scrap weight.

Indian · Guru

I almost bought a fire truck few years ago, what's there not to like, its big, its red, tons of chrome and it goes ding! ding! ding!! Good times

jim_ss409 · Guru

eeluddy wrote:
Probably worth the $2500 in salvage and scrap weight.

I think I got about $1500 just for the brass pump and fittings from this Mack Fire Engine.

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

We had a family cottage in McKellar ON near parry Sound and Ardbeg and Whitestone was just up HWY #124, They had the last manned Fire Tower in use in Onatrio, retired in the 70's in favour of aerial spotters. I think the population was something like 800 when I was a kid.

CdnGMfan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

International had the R-series (1950-67) with great big inline six gas engines

and the V-series (l955-68) with great big V8 gas engines. The fire truck in the ad is a V-series and could have come with a 401, 461 or 549 c.i.d. gas V8. The cab dated all the way back to 1950.

I forgot, they also had the heavy duty M-series with the 1950 cab all the way to 1971.

The truck series that replaced it in 1969 was the Fleetstar A, using the new 1969 cab shared with the pickups. Power came from gas big sixes (406, 450, 501), gas big V8s ( to 549) and various diesel engines.

Fleetstar A.jpg

They were replaced in 1978 with various S-series trucks.