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Better late than never Here are a few updated pictures and fun project. The project is a rebuild of the hold down for the front hook....

I missed one ....

Before I finish my bucket list I would love to add one of each of these trucks to my collection........ My daddy always told me when you dream, dream big!

Wow what a great job. I can only hope my truck ends up half as nice as this. He does have a small mistake in he's very nice placard though. The only piece of documentation I have been able to find on the R-2. It's a training piece done on 19 July 1956. In the document there is a section titled...

Yes, they are very few and far between. The first I heard of them is when I read John Zentmeyer's book "The Production Story". The total production was only 308 and the only other one I ever saw was a parts car. Several years ago I had a chance to by the XM711 wrecker and passed because I...

A few more pictures with a test of using my iPad.

Here are a couple of pixctures of the project....

How can I contact them? It would be great the find some of the parts.

Here is an interesting document I found on the R2. It lists the equipment that came on the truck and the jobs of the three men that operated the truck. http://www.firetrucks-atwar.com/files/scan0101.pdf

I found a nice R2 crash truck this fall and have begun restoration. The body and mechanics are solid but the rear compartment has been stripped out for every thing but the generator. I am finding it very difficult to find good pictures of all the shelving and parts that would have been in the...