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I'm so excited. I've wanted a Model T fire truck for 40 years. This is a 1924 Howe body on a 1925 TT chassis. What year model truck would y'all consider this to be. 24 or 25?

Super nice fire truck. Don't tell me that its unrestored ! I wonder how much the frame is stretched ?

It’s on a regular TT chassis. Whole truck is only 17’ long

Rick you showed yours, I will show mine. Going to pick it up next week. Good auction cars are going all over the country and world. Dan

Nice taut top material Dan, Gorgeous fire truck too. Judging by the building’s ceiling, they both came from the same place. Is there a story here ??

Great looking car Dan

Once apon a time in a town far for some but not to others. There was a man named Don Meadows that liked concrete and old cars. Specially Model T and A Fords. He had a vision. That is the story.

Thanks Rick, yours too.

That little orange badge peaking out from behind the left headlight is an AACA National Senior award. Many of the cars sold there had them.
Rick were you there of were you on line?

I was there Dan. Wish I would have seen you.

Both cars are nice. I wonder how many first time buyers of a Model T there will be due to this auction? We may be getting some new members over the next year, asking about mothballs.

Absolutely jealous I am. beautiful Firetruck.
Craig.

Great buys for you both. I thought the 1912 Torpedo was a great buy. He certainly had a knack for buying nice Ts.

The gas tank on the 12 was rotted out. Fuel leaked all over the deck and paint was coming off.
Other than that nice car.

I hate to disrupt things...... but back to the original question, the answer is it's a 1924. that's the year of manufacture of the vehicle.

Ed aka #4

Nice! Wouldn’t the proper term be: “My NOS ride”?

Is the fire engine a combination unit? I see the chemical tanks, but can't see if it has a pump.

I had a friend of mine who is a fireman looked over my firetruck. He was very knowledgeable about the trucks and the way they were used. He says that the tanks are for water to prime the system in order to start sucking (drafting) water from a water hole. He showed me how all the valves were used to make everything work. So to answer your question. No those are not chemical tanks they are for water only.