Kentucky Hillbilly

Out of curiosity, what is the purpose of the lead inserts? Are they supposed to melt during a fire and relieve the pressure on the tank or something?

Paul, you really did some digging on finding that information out. Thanks for posting on it. That truck was a beautiful beast in its heyday. It's such a shame somebody scrapped the body out and ruined such a rare piece of history. I'll bet they only got a thousand or so dollars out of the bed in scrap metal.

Saw this while looking on craigslist. Pretty cool looking and seems to be in good shape. Can't say that I have ever seen a tandem fire truck, but it looks to have one to many zeros in the price. Its in Rock Island, Tennessee if anybody is interested. I hope the link will work. I couldn't figure out how to cut and paste it to this forum, so I just typed it.

http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/4878734808.html