56? fire truck

[_Ogre]

found this on the web, thought i'd post it up.
this would make a cool rod

[blue 72 gmc 4x4]

Now that is cool!

[OrrieG]

Nice, I love old fire trucks and wreckers...

[AUSSIE54]

Man what a Beast!! I'm just digging those twin overhead bumpers!
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[buggy5872]

That would be a 56 chevy Low cab forward and a pretty neat one. It is probably a 3 ton or bigger. I like the front fender skirts. I have never seen any front fender skirts before. They were probably made by the upfitter company. Where did you find the picture? I would be intersted in finding more about this truck and see if it is for sale.

[GCncsuHD]

Great pic, it wasn't but about 10 years ago when we finally retired our 1955 International R-190 fire truck.

[mknittle]

Interesting.

[sabre67]

Here"s the tanker to go with it

[Daze57]

great picts.

[blackdiesel]

I had that truck bought at one time and they backed out on me. It sets about 40 miles from me. It came stock and still has a nail head buick in it, I had to do alot of research to believe it myself, but it did come that way. It also is 4-wheel drive has a coleman front end under it. They still have my number and are supposed to call when they talk some sense into their one brother that stopped the sell. I believe it has 1600 or so miles on it. and it was 2k for it.

[buggy5872]

I figured it was 4x4 based on the height of the thing and the fender skirts....I would love to have it.

[mr48chev]

There is a pretty nice looking mid 50's Mac fire truck here in town that I would love to get my hands on and restore. My only problem is that along with not enough cash I don't have a batch of grand kids to haul around in one or in parades.

[blackdiesel]

Well if I get it, I just want the cab. Restored fire truck might be cool to drive once a year but not worth the time or money. You can buy a restored one for pennys on the dollar of the cost to biuld one anyway. let the flaming begin..lol I want to put it on a 12valve cummins 4x4 flat bed one ton.

[buggy5872]

Originally Posted by blackdiesel

Well if I get it, I just want the cab. Restored fire truck might be cool to drive once a year but not worth the time or money. You can buy a restored one for pennys on the dollar of the cost to biuld one anyway. let the flaming begin..lol I want to put it on a 12valve cummins 4x4 flat bed one ton.

Why not just look for a regular LCF truck. That cab looks to be grafted into the body. it would be a lot of work to put the back of the cab back together. I'm not flaming just sugesting you might find a better option. I would want to truck because it is 4x4 and would turn the fire truck back into some kind of hauler wile retaining the original sides.

[OKGMC4]

Originally Posted by blackdiesel

Well if I get it, I just want the cab. Restored fire truck might be cool to drive once a year but not worth the time or money. You can buy a restored one for pennys on the dollar of the cost to biuld one anyway. let the flaming begin..lol I want to put it on a 12valve cummins 4x4 flat bed one ton.

I am looking at doing the same thing but would rather keep it in the GM family with Duramax. I know a Cummins guy will disagree but it would be plenty OK for a street rod. I got inspired when I saw this pic on the net. I just have to finish my current 56 first...