1958 F.W.D.

I would have told him to stick his apology up his ass sideways.

Hatcity I'd like to watch you tell his 9-month baking, walked 1/2 a mile in the 90 degree heat woman to bring home-baked cookies, now.......I suspect that your man berries would fly up through the inside of your anatomy and become lodged inside your esophagus. Just a hunch.

Would these happen to be Red Wings that are now made in Red China, instead of Red White and Blue USA??? I'll never go to Red Wing again. Have been so pissed at them with the last 2 pair of boots.........

"The Other Randy"

No they dont want oil all over the tunnel, plus the echo would be so loud the operators would go out on permanent disability hearing loss after 2 years.

Fear not young one. The buses to the plant run all day, and the tour is self-guided and at your own pace. Just make sure you wear comfortble walking shoes, as walking the line from one end to the other is just a little over a mile.

Looks like the firefighting package has been removed- they also had 250 pounds of purple K dry chemical agent (driven by nitrogen) to fight car fires and SCBA for the operator.

Second vote for JC Taylor. Good people, have insurance for my 1958 FWD Firetruck through them. And dont call a normal insurance agent, go to the specialists.

Local Yocals flagging customers to the side of Route 309 in Hatfield Pennsylvania right on the Montgomery/Bucks County line. About 6 cars from area municipalities. Had several contractor-type dump trucks with trailers on the shoulder, with feet on creepers sticking out from beneath. They have been hitting tri-axles hard around here lately, especially from small fleets or junky-looking fleets due to the tri-axle versus firehouse (with fatality) crash here a few weeks ago.

A Brocky would be ok, it's not pedigreed. The R700 I would just have to shake my head at and say "bitch, park that tub of shit out in the street, I dont want oil all over my driveway."

Yes, I dream. I dream of a 23yr old 6' tall redhead, with a perfect body, thighs as smooth as a prom queens, who is wearing nothing but black thigh highs and a matching lacy bra/panty set who is serving me a bacon-wrapped filet mignon, cooked to a perfect meduim, pink on the inside (like her) with a side of mushroom caps and fried onions, and a fluffy baked idaho with some sour cream, chives and butter.....and then for dessert is a piece of reeses peanut butter cup cheesecake, smeared all over the aforementioned waitress......who services my every desire and need as I give her the best 1.3 minutes of her life- and then she leaves after she does the dishes (but hands me a beer first.) Yes, I dream.

why on gods green earth would you want to destroy a perfectly good B-Model with one of those overgrown 2-cycle mechanical asshole lawn-boy wanna be's?

Congrats Olive.....She is a pretty little thing. our youngest just turned one year old last week. Cody is 8yrs, Shane is 7yrs, and Casey is one year. Momma done made me some fine young men. She wants one more, but I said "what- pull the handle on the slot machine again and risk having a girl? NO WAY!!!!" I'm not changing diapers at the age of 40.

DOWN BOY!!! DOWN!!!

I hope that sightliner didnt succomb to the torch.......

Real trucks have two spark plugs. Here's a youtube of my 1958 FWD with the 140GZ Waukesha (F554G in later years.) I have always been kinda partial to Waukys, or "thunder pumpkins" as they were known for their orange color. Many do not know that Wauky is still very much alive and well building mainly LARGE gen set power plants, they were under the name Dresser, however they were recently purchased by G.E. Many Waukys,especially the 145GZ (F817G) were installed in firetrucks, however their track record wasn't exactly the greatest- many tanked after a few years. I found the Waukesha Engine Historical Society online, and spent about an hour on the phone one day with a former engineer. He explained that the mettalurgy in many of those engines was bad, and that the castings down at the bottom of the cylinders where the cyls met the block would go bad, leading to coolant leaking into the crankcase. Mine has a Zenith heated downdraft carb, and as you can see in the video, quite an extensive air cleaner. The video was taken at the Mack Trucks Test Track, and also on Interstate 78 getting on E/B at Lehigh Street heading towards "the wall" of South Mountain just before Route 309. Mack used this stretch of 78 for years to test new stuff.

Length/Width/Height Pete- I was born and raised in Huntingdon Valley, Pa. just a stones throw from the Philadelphia border. Lower Moreland High School. class of 1993.

oh that is just wrong in so many ways........

That didnt take long, have someone asking for the L/W/H. Please provide. From a guy in Bel Air.

In preparation for gastric bypass surgery (which coincidentally is tomorrow) I gave up carbonated beverages over 2 months ago, which I thought would be tough for me, as I never drank coffee in my life. My morning beverage was a 16oz bottle of Coke or Dr. Pepper. It was tough in the very beginning but now I am over it, and have lost close to 30 lbs.

Good to hear your Nana is home. Both of mine have passed and I miss them every day. The guys are right, they appreciate your phone calls every night. You sound like a good kid even if your taste in trucks is lopsided.

I just put the word out on my facebook, lets see if we get any bites....

Where are you teaching in Harford County MD? I used to be a FF at APG, know a lot of guys on local VFD's down there, might be able to help you find a place.

Hopefully I'll remember this year!!!! All you Mack guys need someone in the pic with good taste in trucks to classy up the pic a bit.....

I'll be there, you can't miss me, I have the only F.W.D. firetruck, and for that matter usually the only F.W.D. truck period.