79 oshkosh 2323
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Im happy with it. she is not a trailer queen but good enough for me.Hope the pictures load ok
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Back from the paint shop
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Woodsplinter
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Looks very good- great job! What does the red color signify?
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You should be proud of it. From the pics looks like a class A paint job - looks like single stage and then buffed out to perfection.
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Metal looks pretty straight. She looks good in red too.
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Love the fire truck red. Makes me want to paint the 818 fire red.
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Looks great. I am guessing a lot of filling and hand sanding to get a nice gloss paint finish like that. Sweet!
79 oshkosh 2323
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Not much filler, She still has some dings here and there.The paint is Napa commercial grade enamal. 60 dollars a gallon. I went with the red because i was staying with the fire truck it was when i got it. I was thinking more of a foestry truck.The sticker is just taped on there for now to see what it would look like
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Red Is Good
Nice paint job, I really like the Smoky door emblem! My truck was a Brush Fire rig for Powhatan County VFD.
Nice paint job, I really like the Smoky door emblem! My truck was a Brush Fire rig for Powhatan County VFD.
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79 she looks great and you should be proud of it - so what do you have lined up to go in events to - to show it off coming up over there in NH
79 oshkosh 2323
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Thank you for the compliments. . I would like to have it ready for the barrington nh truck show. i have brake lines to finish and i would like to paint the frame.The guy did a good job for what i paid him. He was slow on work and i asked him 3 times. finally he said ok. He said $1500 you buy materials. I said $2000 you do the inside of the cab and bed. He said deal. I think im into it for 2400 including paint and supplies.About what i paid for the truck. I never really saw an m37 go for big $$ so i didnt want to have $10,000 into a truck worth 5 or 6 thousand.I could not have made it look as good as it did.
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Looks nice. How about more detailed pictures of the interior and under the hood?
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You have a nice truck there. I bet it could tell some stories if it could. Do you have more history on her?
79 oshkosh 2323
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It was a fire truck for Wisscassit Maine . Then it was given to Louds island Maine where It was a fire truck for an island for 20 years. I wanted to go with a forestry truck. that paint is the commercial grade paint from napa auto parts. 60 dollars a gallon. Its just a face lift. i will paint the frame also. It isnt like a ground up resoration but its good for me.
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Under the hood is your normal m37. Nothing painted