Red Horse Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 3 hours ago, convoyduel said: Broadway Ford Truck Sales was the heavy Ford dealer here. They are located just south of the Gateway Arch and sold all things truck and SUV from Ford. I don’t believe they sold any cars. Almost every contractor bought their Ford trucks of my kind there. When Ford old out to Daimler, they became the Sterling dealer. When Daimler bought Western Star, they didn’t get the dealership....it went to nearby rival Degel that sold Mitsubishi trucks. (Degel ran into a lot of issues and had their Star dealership pulled). Eventually, Truck Centers that is the big regional Freightliner dealer got the Star dealership. Broadway Ford Sterling continued strong until Sterling’s demise. When Daimler stopped Sterling and named the parts and service locations for Sterling, they named Truck Centers as the parts/service/warranty dealer and Broadway was left with just light and medium Fords. They are still there but a shell of what they once were. They had a fire in their service department maybe 5 years ago or so and just boarded up that part of the building but use the rest. Their Parts counter is like a time warp back to 1980’s Ford dealerships. Problem is, they really have little to nothing left and mostly just deal in generic or aftermarket stuff. I went in there in 2019 to get some OEM a Ford parts for my ex-Cal Fire LT9000 and they had nothing. Not even a door seal. All of those Louisville’s for 28 years and nothing left available. Very sad. I still see a lot of new Fords for contractors around town with Broadway’s logo so I guess they are getting by. Wow- that is a beauty. Was it "i'd" as "dozer transport" when you got it.? I imagine it had low miles? Powertrain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
convoyduel Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 The red paint and white painted roof are from Cal Fire. The white stripe is a reapplication if theirs as it was peeled off forcibly with a rubber wheel. The “Retired Cal Fire” logo was placed where the old Cal Fire logo was. Although it was Dozer Transport 2540 out of Ishi Camp it’s whole life, Cal Fire doesn’t mark them as “Dozer Transport”. There was some removed lettering from them on the base of the door so we added the blue stripe and the wording to cover it. Truck is an ‘88 LT9000 with factory 400hp 3406B, 13spd, 10.8/38k 4.11’s on Hendrickson walling beam. I mostly just cleaned it up and replaced some stuff with NOS OEM. Truck had 205,000 original miles on it when I bought it in 2018 from Cal Fire. Pulled a JD 850B around on a lowboy and a belly dump its whole life. I sold it last summer to a nice man in Colorado who knew what a find a rust free big block Cat powered L9000 was. I sold it when I ordered the new Rubber Duck truck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Red Horse Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 3 hours ago, convoyduel said: The red paint and white painted roof are from Cal Fire. The white stripe is a reapplication if theirs as it was peeled off forcibly with a rubber wheel. The “Retired Cal Fire” logo was placed where the old Cal Fire logo was. Although it was Dozer Transport 2540 out of Ishi Camp it’s whole life, Cal Fire doesn’t mark them as “Dozer Transport”. There was some removed lettering from them on the base of the door so we added the blue stripe and the wording to cover it. Truck is an ‘88 LT9000 with factory 400hp 3406B, 13spd, 10.8/38k 4.11’s on Hendrickson walling beam. I mostly just cleaned it up and replaced some stuff with NOS OEM. Truck had 205,000 original miles on it when I bought it in 2018 from Cal Fire. Pulled a JD 850B around on a lowboy and a belly dump its whole life. I sold it last summer to a nice man in Colorado who knew what a find a rust free big block Cat powered L9000 was. I sold it when I ordered the new Rubber Duck truck. Very nice! Hopefully guy in CO is taking good care of it. 30 years in service! With 38 rears sounds like Cal Fire dedicated their trucks to a specific mission- like hauling an 850 Deere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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