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Dead Parrot · 04-27-2021, 07:46 AM

Very possible the your FD purchased the truck from a company that specialized in taking stock trucks and setting them up as FD ready vehicles. That company could have installed the hooks prior to the final coat of lime green. Lime green was the "Next great thing" for FD colors in the 70s. I think the end result of that experiment was that folks had too many decades of Large Red Truck with lights = Fire Truck and that a Lime Green thing was something else despite the siren and flashing lights.

Does it still have a SPID? That would show the factory color.

Did the hooks come out through the bumper or bolt to a special bracket?

04-27-2021, 07:46 AM	#8
Dead Parrot Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 2,660	Re: 1976 k20 rear tow hooks Very possible the your FD purchased the truck from a company that specialized in taking stock trucks and setting them up as FD ready vehicles. That company could have installed the hooks prior to the final coat of lime green. Lime green was the "Next great thing" for FD colors in the 70s. I think the end result of that experiment was that folks had too many decades of Large Red Truck with lights = Fire Truck and that a Lime Green thing was something else despite the siren and flashing lights. Does it still have a SPID? That would show the factory color. Did the hooks come out through the bumper or bolt to a special bracket?