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Most of the B model is accounted for in parts, a lot of interest in parting the E fire truck but was hoping to see it go whole. Other than that I haven’t heard much interest unfortunately. That being said if anyone sees anything they’re interested in please come take a look, make an offer and take it home before it disappears. Thanks to all who have helped with knowledge and spreading the word, much appreciated!

Thanks everyone so far for a lot of interest. Next up is this AB. It is rough, pitted, and rusty, but is still a complete truck. Has been stored inside for many many years, but the building itself has seen better days. Finding market values on these seem to be tough so based off some input from others I'm going to ask $3000. Again please come take a look, make an offer, make it your next project. Thanks!

Sorry for the delay on posting- was away for a few days. Next up is this EQ. Cab is very rough as you can see, some small items still salvageable. Frame stamp number: EQ1D2772. Has what looks to be an antique well drilling apparatus on the back. Would make awesome lawn art for anyone with a forgiving spouse. A lot of heavy steel here which makes it difficult to let go for cheap. I'm guessing around 10,000 pounds. Asking $1600 but please feel free to make a reasonable offer on this or any of the other trucks posted.

For what it’s worth this was a bit of a special case. My father ran his wrecking yard for 40 years or so, with an average inventory of 500+ vehicles. Most of the business was in cars and light trucks, but he had an interest in everything. A lot of these trucks he had bought to keep them from getting cut up 20-30 years ago. I can’t defend him for letting them sit so long, but at the end of the day it was just a part of business. I am very often greeted with “your father found this part for me” by complete strangers. I feel that I owe it to him to make my best effort to preserve what is left of these trucks. Thanks to everyone so far, I’ll get more trucks posted soon.

Grabbed a picture today, very faint but I did take a scratching as well.

Here’s a couple low quality pics of the undercarriage on the firetruck from when I was looking for a chassis number. Seems to be in surprisingly good shape

Hi everyone, cleaning up my late father's junkyard so its time to find homes for the remaining trucks. I'll add more to this thread as I get them dug out and accessible. Trying to price reasonably with the idea that most will be parts trucks, but I do have to unfortunately keep the high scrap values in mind. Here's the first two: The first truck I believe is a 1939? Type 80 fire pumper truck. Crawled all around the frame, no stamping. However, firewall has a tag bolted on stamped 15EH1196 so I'm assuming its an EH model. Engine is stamped EY11-74F, I believe this to be a 707 gasser. Motor is set up from sitting. Most tags are missing and little trinkets were picked off during the years but pictures show what is left. Second truck is the remains of a B61, chassis number B61T30671. Engine number FN9673-477. Engine looks complete with transmission still in place. Cab is basically gone. I know these two are very rough, so I'm basically looking to get scrap value for them. I'm assuming the firetruck is around 13,000 pounds and the B model to be around 8,000 pounds. Asking $2500 for the firetruck and $1500 for the B model, but please make an offer if you're interested as I'd rather see them saved than scrapped. I've had a lot of people asking for parts off them, I'd just like to see if anyone is interested in the whole trucks first but if time moves along with no inquiries I will put the word out for parts before scrapping what is left. I know this forum is filled with knowledgeable people so if you see anything incorrect please feel free to correct me! Additional pictures at request. Just a disclosure that these are private sales of family belongings, the junkyard has been closed for business permanently. Located in upstate NY, 20 miles from Albany. Thanks!

One more addition. Found this award while cleaning and sorting out our literature room. He never mentioned it

It is my pleasure! Most people who knew my dad know this story so I have heard many renditions. I’m still familiarizing myself with the FH but I was looking over that suspension, I know the truck started as a dump truck so all I could think was this would allow for an adjustable height for the box. However, this may be an altered suspension due to its later uses. My father hadn’t driven the truck to Ballston Spa in over 12 years, it had sat in the yard that whole time. I cleaned the points, hung a 1 gallon gas can from the windshield, and it fired right up. I know his spirit is still living in this truck. A few parts were stolen while sitting in the yard like the radiator cap, the Mack script emblem on the front of the radiator, and an antique brake light on the back of the cab that he had found. I’ve got the correct radiator cap on it now but if anyone has any pictures of the brake light or a radiator emblem that I could purchase I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for all of your interest!

Hi everyone, sorry for the late addition. I'm Dick's youngest son, Steven. We recently were able to come up with the article written in the 1994 fall edition of Wheels of Time. The only thing that they forgot to mention was the crisco my father had used to oil the chains. They had to put dawn dish soap in my mother's windshield washer fluid so that she stood a chance at seeing anything.