choped 40 fire truck

just thought ya might want to see this. just started this and broke my arm so its gona be a few weeks before u see any progress.

 

that look cool as hell....what are the plans for the truck. I also have an ex-fire truck except mine is an all wheel drive COE it's even registered as a fire truck....

 

im going to ''rat'' it out ,no paint,z'ed frame,whites on spokes.if money alowes,run a flat head if not maby a 200 6 ford.oh im going to shrink it down some to a half ton and only use half the bed and hoses.

 

sounds killer...once your up and running get some progress pics going..

 

that's awesome my frat house had a 40's ford firetruck that we used to drive around with about twenty drunks hanging off of it was always a great time.

 

Your not really putting that visor on, are you?

 

dont u like the visor

 

loose the visor

 

what do yall have against the visor? i saw the same model truck with that visor and thought it looked good.

 

I dont have anything against the Fulton visor personally...
but I agree that it doesnt fit the truck-
I would'nt run it. It may look good but It looks 'better' without it.

Tuck

 

Cool project but the visor makes it look like something off of Thomas the Train.

 

Cool project, but I got to agree - the visor needs to go.

I had an old fire engine myself once, a '28 American LaFrance on a Chevrolet chassis. We piled about 20 kids into the hosebed fr the Christmas parade.

 

I second that: lose the visor.

 

So you're a Pitt State PIKE? What year? My cousin was as well.

 

IMHO Visors don't look good on anything chopped. They just don't fit the look. Obviously the exception would be a model A.

 

thanks ize just playing with ya i put the visor on my 53 chevy truck ,the one in avatar will post pic tomorrow and ya can tell me whatcha think,be gentle.

 

We think visors look silly because they are unnecessary on anything but a golfer.
The whole concept of building a hotrods is to get rid of anything that doesn't need to be on it, and a visor is not only un necessary since chopping gets the windshoild down low enough so the sun glare is a non issue, the visor is nothing but one big ugly air brake, slowing the car down, both visually and actually.

 

looking good , the visor makes it look like it has a uni-brow LOL

 

thanks guys

 

i like the truck but you guys should see the 51 shoebox he built in 6 months.

 

where in MS are you? I'm in Madison (jackson) I drove out to carthage yesterday to pick up a 69 327 with a aluminum powerglide...

Cool truck, I gave one just like it to a buddy of mine, he's doing the same thing you are...

 

i'm in carthage

 

sweet, wha projects you have going?
I'm working on a 41 chevy cab with forementioned 327...

 

The 40 willys P/U (gasser) there is a pic of it in my avatar. A 29 model A sedan, that is about it right now.

 

Sounds good... Do you know Eddie Womble? Lives out on 35, That's where I found the engine... lots of old goodies on his place.